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Visitors at the Birkenau Museum view the many faces of the men, women and children who died at the Auschwitz II – death camp. (Photo by Scott Barbour/Getty Images)

Arkansas bill to create Holocaust Education Week headed to House for a vote
BY: - February 2, 2023

A bill to establish Holocaust Education Week in Arkansas public schools unanimously passed the House Education Committee on Thursday and will go to the House for approval. Senate Bill 68 amends state law that requires Holocaust education to designate the last full week of classes in January as Holocaust Education Week.  The bill unanimously passed […]

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Visitors at the Birkenau Museum view the many faces of the men, women and children who died at the Auschwitz II – death camp. (Photo by Scott Barbour/Getty Images)

International Holocaust Remembrance Day: Still close to home
BY: - January 27, 2023

(EDITOR’S NOTE: The Arkansas Advocate occasionally publishes commentary from other sources, including other members of the States Newsroom network. This column from the Arizona Mirror reflects on the importance of educating younger generations about the Holocaust.) On Jan. 27, 1945, Soviet troops liberated the Auschwitz camp complex in occupied Poland. What the Soviet liberators found […]

Jack Waksal, born in 1924 and a survivor of the Holocaust's forced labor camps, visits the Holocaust Memorial in Miami Beach, Florida, on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Jan. 27, 2022. An Arkansas legislative committee approved a bill on Jan. 25, 2023, that would establish Holocaust Education Week in Arkansas public schools. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Arkansas schools would observe Holocaust Education Week if bill becomes law
BY: - January 25, 2023

The Senate Education Committee approved a bill on Wednesday to establish Holocaust Education Week in Arkansas public schools.  Sponsored by Sen. Jim Dotson (R-Bentonville), SB68 amends state law that requires Holocaust education to designate the last full week of classes in January as Holocaust Education Week. If approved, the State Board of Education would be […]

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