Polls often show that young people know little about the Nazi-led genocide of European Jews during World War II.
Other polls find people in Europe and beyond think it's a myth.
Zachary Marschall is editor of Campus Reform. He told AFN that many K-12 students are not being taught these things in school.
"We've seen through Campus Reform reporting and through other reporting as well that there is so much reduction in rigor in K-12 higher education that in many cases what they're doing might not even count as teaching," said Marschall. "It might be more social justice activism."
A new report this week finds college professors have to read aloud to their students because so many don't know how to comprehend full sentences.
That, said Marschall, is "an indictment on K-12" learning.
"So, while there is money earmarked for history teaching, and there are still history classes going on, what they're actually doing during that time is another question," said Marschall. "It's appalling how many students can name our enemies in World War II."
Speaking of World War II, Governor Tim Walz (D-Minnesota) compared the presence of ICE in his state to the story of Holocaust victim Anne Frank.
"We have children in Minnesota hiding in their houses, afraid to go outside," said Walz. "Many of us grew up reading that story of Anne Frank; Someone is going to write that story about Minnesota."
Marschall, who is Jewish, said more attention should be placed on these remarks from Walz.
"There's no comparison between Anne Frank, who was a German citizen who lost her citizenship in Germany because she was Jewish and had to flee to Amsterdam before she was rounded up and killed in Auschwitz, versus someone who comes to this country illegally," said Marschall. "I don't think the left really remembers what the Holocaust was or is."
