One of the signs of a goodhistoryteacher is that they’re humble, supportive of their students, and willing to admit when they’re wrong. On the flip side, a giant red flag for an educator is if they have an enormous ego and go berserk when someone fixes a mistake they made. The odds are that both types of teachers havetaughtyou at some point.
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You would expect your teachers to have an open mind and be humble enough to admit it when they’re wrong. Unfortunately, this isn’t always the case
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An internet user revealed how they called out their history teacher for failing to know some basic facts about the Holocaust
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It’s common knowledge that the Nazi regime persecuted and killed members of the Jewish community and targetted many other groups of people
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The BBCreportsthat the main target of these killings was the Jewish population of Europe. The Nazis wiped out nearly 7 out of every 10 Jews living on the continent at the time. Six million Jewish people died in the Holocaust between 1941 and 1945.
The Nazis also killed and persecuted members of other groups of people, including:
These are facts that any history teacher worth their salt should know. Or, if they find that they have some serious gaps in their knowledge about World War II, they should be willing to admit that they’ve made mistakes and then put in the effort to educate themselves properly.
Furthermore, the Nazis killed more than 310,000 Serb civilians. Among the victims were 250,000–300,000 people with disabilities, including at least 10,000 children; tens of thousands of German political opponents; and around 35,000 Germans imprisoned for being “professional criminals” or “asocials.”
In some countries, antisemitism is on the rise, compared to the previous year
Antisemitism is on the rise in parts of the West. The Guardianreportsthat there were 5,500 antisemitic incidents recorded in the United Kingdom between October 7, 2023, and September 30, 2024.
This is 3 times more than a year earlier when the Community Security Trust recorded 1,830 incidents.
Meanwhile, in the United States, the situation is similar. The BBC notes that reports of antisemitic incidents havereacheda record high.
The Anti-Defamation League Center for Extremism found that more than 10,000 such incidents took place between October 7, 2023, and September 24, 2024. This is an increase of over 200%, compared to a year earlier.
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