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It’s not just about the rise in anti-Semitism: why we need real stories for better Holocaust education in Australia
On January 27 communities worldwide commemorate the liberation of Auschwitz — the largest complex of concentration camps and extermination centres during the Holocaust.
This is the first year the International Holocaust Remembrance Day will be marked nationally in Australia.
- Jan Lanicek
- The Conversation
Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Treasurer Josh Frydenberg will address the event, which demonstrates the importance the government ascribes to Holocaust commemoration.
In October 2019, after two cases of serious anti-Semitism in schools (one where a Jewish student was forced to kiss the feet of…