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What do students know and understand about the Holocaust?

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Appendix 1: The Survey<br />

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64. <strong>What</strong> happened when <strong>the</strong> British Government knew <strong>about</strong> <strong>the</strong> mass murder of Jews? Did<br />

<strong>the</strong>y…? Please tick one box<br />

Declare war on Germany<br />

Think up rescue plans <strong>and</strong> try to <strong>do</strong> everything to save <strong>the</strong> Jewish people<br />

Say that <strong>the</strong>y would punish <strong>the</strong> killers when <strong>the</strong> war was over<br />

Bomb Auschwitz-Birkenau to destroy <strong>the</strong> gas chambers<br />

Attack Jews living in Britain<br />

Ignore it<br />

None of <strong>the</strong> above: <strong>the</strong>y didn’t <strong>know</strong> anything until <strong>the</strong> end of <strong>the</strong> war<br />

65. How confident are you of this answer? Please tick one box<br />

I <strong>do</strong>n’t <strong>know</strong> <strong>the</strong> answer – this was just a guess<br />

I am not very confident in this answer<br />

I am fairly confident in this answer<br />

I am very confident in this answer<br />

66. Why did <strong>the</strong> Nazi organised mass murder of <strong>the</strong> Jews end? Please tick one box<br />

There were no more Jews to kill<br />

The Nazis realised it was a terrible mistake <strong>and</strong> stopped killing people<br />

Hitler committed suicide<br />

The Allied armies (including USSR, Britain, USA) liberated <strong>the</strong> l<strong>and</strong>s controlled by <strong>the</strong> Nazis where <strong>the</strong><br />

<strong>Holocaust</strong> was taking place<br />

67. How confident are you of this answer? Please tick one box<br />

I <strong>do</strong>n’t <strong>know</strong> <strong>the</strong> answer – this was just a guess<br />

I am not very confident in this answer<br />

I am fairly confident in this answer<br />

I am very confident in this answer<br />

www.ioe.ac.uk/holocaust

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