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THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A Jewish group that commissioned a survey on Holocaust awareness in the Netherlands said Wednesday that the results show “a disturbing lack of awareness of key historical facts about the Holocaust,” prompting calls for better education in the nation that was home to diarist Anne Frank and her family.
The survey commissioned by a U.S.-based group found that the number of Dutch respondents who believe the Holocaust is a myth was higher than in any of the other five nations previously surveyed.
'Disturbing lack of awareness': Poll says over half of Dutch don't know Holocaust took place in their country or that 6 million Jews died
According to a study published last week in advance of this year's Holocaust Memorial Day (January 27), nearly one quarter of Dutch adult Millennials and the youth of Generation Z believe the Holocaust is a myth, or that the numbers of those who were killed by the Nazis is inflated. A large minority of Dutch respondents believe that fewer than 2 million Jews died in the Nazi era, even though 70 percent of The Netherlands' Jewish population was killed just before and during World War II.
Survey commissioned by Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany finds 23% of adults under 40 and 12% of all respondents believe the Holocaust is a myth and number of Jews killed has been exaggerated