During the Second World War, Nazi Germany and its collaborators systematically murdered six million Jews, around two-thirds of Europe's Jewish population. Each year, this tragedy is remembered during Holocaust Education Week (typically the first week of November). Along with remembering those who died, the week is used as an educational platform, with the Holocaust as a way for understanding genocide that is happening in our world today.
While the details and information about the Holocaust can be difficult to view and read about, it is important for this information to be shared and spoken about. The propaganda spread about Jewish people has poisoned multiple generations and had greatly contributed towards many of the anti-Semitic behaviours and sentiments that we continue to see this day.
