Holocaust educator: Capitol riots should serve as wake-up call WISN 12's Adrienne Pederson spoke to Samantha Abramsen on International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Share Updated: 6:45 PM CST Jan 27, 2021 Holocaust educator: Capitol riots should serve as wake-up call WISN 12's Adrienne Pederson spoke to Samantha Abramsen on International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Share Updated: 6:45 PM CST Jan 27, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY, 12 NEWS’ ADRIENNE PEDERSEN LOOKS IN TO THE WAY FORWARD. >> FOR, WE KNOW THIS HAS BEEN GROWING FOR A WHILE. IT IS A WAKE-UP CALL TO THOSE THAT HAD NOT BEEN AWARE THIS HATE WAS GROWING. I DON’T THINK OUR WORK TO PROMOTE EDUCATION AND PREVENT FUTURE GENOCIDES, I DON’T THINK IT HAS BEEN MORE URGENT BECAUSE OF THIS HATEFUL RHETORIC WE ARE SEEING. >> I KNOW THIS IS A PRIORITY, SO WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH WITH EDUCATION? >> IT IS A BIPARTISAN EFFORT TO PROPOSE A MANDATE IN THE HOUSE LEGISLATURE AND SENATE, WHICH WILL ALLOW HOLOCAUST EDUCATION TO BE TAUGHT IN ALL SCHOOLS IN WISCONSIN, MIDDLE SCHOOLS, HIGH SCHOOLS. THE QUESTION WE ALWAYS GET FROM YOUNG PEOPLE IS, HOW DID THIS HAPPEN? WHAT MADE THE HOLOCAUST POSSIBLE WAS THE WILLINGNESS OF SOME TO BECOME BYSTANDERS. WHEN WE ASKED THE QUESTION HOW DID THIS HAPPEN AND WE LEARN THE LESSON OF THE HOLOCAUST, WE CAN ASK THE NEXT QUESTION, WHICH IS HOW TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN? HOW DO WE TRULY SAY NEVER? PATRICK: IF YOU WANT TO READ LOCAL HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR STO