UK Holocaust News on Holocaust Crematoriums

Those who do not remem­ber the past are con­demned to repeat it:

Teach­ers are drop­ping con­tro­ver­sial sub­jects such as the Holo­caust and the Cru­sades from his­tory lessons because they do not want to cause offence to chil­dren from cer­tain races or reli­gions, a report claims.

The Cru­sades is indeed a com­plex and volatile sub­ject. But the Holo­caust? C’mon. That was one of the few times in his­tory where the issue was black-and-white.

The only peo­ple who would be offended at the teach­ing of the Holo­caust are those who are one or both of the fol­low­ing: an anti-Semite or a Holo­caust denier. Frankly, I don’t give a damn if a per­son in one of those two groups is offended. And nei­ther should any­one else.

One of the pri­mary pur­poses of his­tory is to learn from our mis­takes so human­ity does not repeat them. That is why it is cru­cial to teach about the Holo­caust, the Armen­ian geno­cide, Rwanda, Dar­fur, slav­ery, and a host of other travesties.