BS: Holocaust Out of UK Schools? (Hoax?)

Subject: RE: BS: Holocaust Out of UK Schools?
From: katlaughing
Date: 26 Nov 07 - 01:37 PM

Skivee, you can always try Snopes for info on urban myths etc., NOT that you shouldn't ask here. I found out about Snopes right here on the Mudcat. Both are good sources!

Subject: RE: BS: Holocaust Out of UK Schools?
From: Donuel
Date: 26 Nov 07 - 01:37 PM

In school we were all taught that the United States experienced a war between the states. There was no mention of a Civil War in our text book.

Regarding holocaust survivors there is something else going around now.
It is a claim that the origianl estimate of 1.6 million holocaust survivors being upgraded to 6 million.


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I enjoyed the sick humor of Larry David when he had a dinner party with two Survivors. One was a tv show contestent and the other a concentration camp victim.

At a party here someone spoke of knowing a survivor so I asked if he was a TV contestent or a holocaust survivor. Eyes darted, jaws dropped, people melted away backwards...

Thanks Larry ;)

Subject: RE: BS: Holocaust Out of UK Schools?
From: Skivee
Date: 26 Nov 07 - 01:25 PM

Thanks for the debunking info. I've passed it on to the person who sent it to me.
I must admit that it had the e-mail lacked the ring of truth when I read it right off the bat.
There are enough true terrible things happening in the world. Why do we need people to be making up false ones.

Subject: RE: BS: Holocaust Out of UK Schools?
From: Emma B
Date: 26 Nov 07 - 01:06 PM

Typical Daily Mail (P.C. Scare) headline -

"Teachers drop the Holocaust to avoid offending Muslims"

and - several paragraphs down.......

"A third school found itself 'strongly challenged by some Christian parents for their treatment of the Arab-Israeli conflict-and the history of the state of Israel that did not accord with the teachings of their denomination'."

Subject: RE: BS: Holocaust Out of UK Schools?
From: Emma B
Date: 26 Nov 07 - 01:00 PM

"A number of people have contacted the BBC News website querying e-mails they have been sent."

"In fact the government has reaffirmed that in England, teaching children about the Holocaust is compulsory, and it is not banned elsewhere in the UK."

BBC News Education

Subject: BS: Holocaust Out of UK Schools?
From: Skivee
Date: 26 Nov 07 - 12:51 PM

I just received an e-mail from a friend in Switzerland. I'm hoping that some of our British friends can tell me if it is true, or another example of internet hogwash.
The E-mail starts off with a recap of warning statements various people made about not forgetting the death camps and such and a list of the various groups killed in their millions by the Nazis, followed by:

"This week, the UK removed The Holocaust from its school curriculum because it "offended" the Muslim population which claims it never occurred.
This is a frightening portent of the fear that is gripping the world and how easily each country is giving in to it."

Is this story the real deal or just a chain letter?
Has the academic community in the UK actually removed info about the Holocaust because some Muslims there believe it is a fraud?
Skivee, who does not forget, wants to know the facts.