The Importance Of Holocaust Education

The Holocaust was a horrible event in the history of the modern world. Millions of people were needlessly and ruthlessly exterminated at the hands of the Nazis. There are few people that feel that the Holocaust should not be taught in schools. It is important to teach about the Holocaust to children, it will be in vain if we do not teach its events. The Holocaust has burned holes in many people's lives, but mainly the history of our world, but yet, it’s simply forgotten by many people. The Holocaust should be taught to eighth graders so that history doesn't repeat itself, they can learn too much power can corrupt people and the holocaust engages students in critical thinking.
The Sudan and Rwanda genocide happens right after the Holocaust and The Armenian genocide happened before the Holocaust. This shows how history

keeps repeating itself. Because people were not educated about the Armenian genocide, the Holocaust happened right after it, but in a bigger and more systematic scale. In the Rwandan genocide, Hutu started killing Tutsi for revenge because they were sided with the Bulgarians ( were also wealthy ). Hutus made identification cards just like in the Holocaust. In the Darfur ( a region in Sudan ) genocide were Arabs came to Darfur to start an Ethnic cleansing. So anyone who was not born in an Arab country was told to leave. Many people were kicked out of their home or killed.
Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Putting too much power in anyone’s hands could lead to disaster. Learning this, people can become better leaders. At the end of World War I, Germany was in debt and the economy collapsed. Hitler took over power because he was a powerful speaker and supported people. At the time, people were desperate for change because of economical depression. Just like now; people want Trump to be president because they want something to change.
Holocaust education engages students in critical thinking and self-reflection, by which they can make essential connections between history and the contemporary moral choices they confront in their own lives, said in an article wrote by the Holocaust Museum in Houston.

Studying the Holocaust, students learn to challenge preconceptions and understand the complex relationship between individual identity and universal identity. The Holocaust provides a pathway for students to confront their present concerns involving loyalty, peer pressure, scapegoating, conformity and belonging. By studying the past to understand the present, they learn that human beings possess the power to control their behavior.
People think you should not learn about the holocaust because it is too much for a student to handle. Most people think since it did not happen in their country we shouldn't learn it. The world itself is a cruel place, we might as well show the past, so students can learn from it. Even though it hasn’t happen in our country, it could, so learning it could prevent it from happening here. Students are mature enough by the eighth grade to know this

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There were other genocides that happened right after the Holocaust and used similar tactics as the Holocaust. Learning from the Holocaust how Germany abused its powers, we can use that information so it won’t happen again. Students can use what they learn from Holocaust because it is not just as simple as you waking up one day and starting to kill, it was because of their economy. Hitler took power and dealt a lot with political stuff. People think we shouldn't learn because of it’s violence but it’s not only violence they learn. They learn the struggles of people before them so it doesn’t happen to the people after them.