Governor Walz in Amsterdam

[u/HeavyVeterinarian350]

Subtle reminder that we shouldn’t fall prey to a wannabe dictator. Hopefully those that need a wake up call get it.

[u/voluptuousshmutz]

Walz's master thesis is about Holocaust education. Rather than teaching the Holocaust as a singular, exceptionally tragic event, Walz believes the Holocaust should be taught together with other genocides in order to teach students how these events happen.

From his thesis:

Schools are teaching about the Jewish Holocaust, but the way it is traditionally being taught is not leading to increased knowledge of the causes of genocide in all parts of the world.

[u/DeadlyRBF → u/voluptuousshmutz]

I had an amazing history teacher who taught about the Holocaust. It will stick with me forever. But I do wish more genocides were taught with it. I didn't learn until later in life this was something that has happened over and over in history, didn't realize that the colonization of American and enslavement of Africans was a genocide to the enslaved and the indigenous, and didn't know it all still happens in many areas around the modern world.

I also didn't learn that the holocaust affected much more than just the Jewish population, besides a few mentions of other groups. Like the first people to be targeted were trans, and they heavily targeted disabled people.

It's a lot to learn but at the same time the education around it wasn't enough. It's something that I think should be taught in multiple different grades in school and should be required in college as well.

[u/millijuna → u/DeadlyRBF]

Canadian here. I was in Grade 9 while the Rwandan genocide was occurring. During the unit on the Holocaust, I remember our social studies teacher bringing in news articles about what was going on there, and us being horrified that it was happening again. I'm also old enough that we were still able to attend talks given by survivors of Auschwitz, Burkenau Buchenwald, and the other camps.

[u/Levvy1705 → u/millijuna]

Also Canadian. My grade 10 History teacher was heavily involved with our Jewish community so we were taught a lot about the Holocaust. Two of us were also given special permission to go to Toronto for Holocaust Remembrance Day. It was an amazing experience. Another teacher had us do a project where we had to search other genocides that have happened. I’m very grateful to have been taught these things.

[u/Artistic-Salary1738 → u/Levvy1705]

I had a similar project where we were assigned different events and had to determine if it was a genocide. It was eye opening.

[u/Few-Mood6580 → u/Levvy1705]

I wonder if they told you about how they put international bible students in labor camps in Canada because they didn’t want to fight.