1 in 3 Europeans know little or nothing about the Holocaust, poll shows

Holocaust Memorial in Berlin, Germany
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A disturbing new study from CNN suggests that Holocaust awareness in Europe is far less prevalent than one would hope.

The CNN/ComRes poll spoke to 7,092 people across seven European countries: Great Britain, France, Germany, Poland, Hungary, Sweden, and Austria. It found that a third of those surveyed said they either knew "just a little" or nothing at all about the Holocaust. One in 20 of those surveyed had never heard of it. Specifically among French people aged 18 to 34, one in five said they had never heard of the Holocaust, and 12 percent of young people said the same in Austria, where Adolf Hitler was born. Half of European respondents overall said they know a "fair amount" about the genocide that killed millions of Jews, while one in five said they know a "great deal" about it.

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Brendan Morrow

Brendan worked as a culture writer at The Week from 2018 to 2023, covering the entertainment industry, including film reviews, television recaps, awards season, the box office, major movie franchises and Hollywood gossip. He has written about film and television for outlets including Bloody Disgusting, Showbiz Cheat Sheet, Heavy and The Celebrity Cafe.