Holocaust education

Recent polls show that well more than half of younger Americans broadly understand that the Holocaust occurred.

A Holocaust survivor who lives in Miami-Dade County is retelling his life story so that future generations can "speak" to him at a future hologram-like interactive exhibit in Boston.

The group inSIGHT Through Education is on track to substantially increase its grants to the School District of Palm Beach County this year. The organization says donations have been pouring in, at a time when hate crimes across the U.S. are on the rise.

Congress has signed off on the Congressional Gold Medal for the Nuremberg trial's chief prosecutor. South Floridian Benjamin Ferencz was 27 years old in 1948 when he had secured enough evidence to prosecute 22 members of Nazi killing squads.

A box of photos discovered more than 30 years ago includes pictures of an internment camp and many who died at Auschwitz. The photos were recently reunited with the Jewish family they belong to.

"Americans and the Holocaust" will be on display in Delray Beach, as part of a traveling exhibition from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, starting Oct. 6 through November 17. The library is also putting on free community events, as long as you wear your mask.

The State Board of Education adopted new curriculum standards for civics, government and Holocaust education, along with updates to other subject areas.

Florida’s State Board of Education on Wednesday will consider adopting a wide-ranging overhaul of curriculum standards across multiple subjects in public schools, including guidelines for teaching civics and government courses and Holocaust education.

The Florida Board of Education is poised to adopt rules that would limit what and how teachers can teach when it comes to civics and history. The proposals are touted as efforts to avoid indoctrinating students on specific ideologies and are part of similar efforts in other parts of the country.

Palm Beach County’s Teacher of the Year says Holocaust education and Black history help broaden her students perspective about the world.

Jan. 27 is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Volunteers are helping the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum host a February 'What You Do Matters' event to connect survivors to people in a virtual way during the pandemic.