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We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to make the teaching of the Holocaust compulsory in secondary schools. More details

Submitted by Tomas Thurogood - Hyde – Deadline to sign up by: 11 October 2007 – Signatures: 3,032

Petition update, 30 April 2007, while petition was still open

The e-petition asking the Prime Minister to "make the teaching of the Holocaust compulsory in secondary schools" is ongoing. This is a response in advance of the closing date from the Government.

The Government is aware that there has been some misreporting on the teaching of the Holocaust in English schools. The e-petition has picked up on these reports, and we are able to say categorically that the Holocaust is a compulsory part of the Key Stage 3 National Curriculum for history and is a very well resourced topic as it has been compulsory for 10 years. Such is the importance of this area of study it will remain compulsory in the new Key Stage 3 curriculum from September 2008.

The Department for Education and Skills commissioned research into the teaching of emotive and controversial issues in history. The Holocaust was mentioned in that research, carried out by the Historical Association, as one of a number of these issues. The report, which can be downloaded from www.history.org.uk, made reference to one school where the Holocaust was not chosen as a topic for coursework at GCSE. History is not compulsory at GCSE and it is for teachers to decide what to teach those students who wish to pursue history beyond 14.

The Holocaust Educational Trust has also been concerned to allay any fears about the place of the Holocaust in National Curriculum and further information can be obtained from them at www.het.org.uk


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More details from petition creator

In light of the fact that some secondary schools have declined to educate students of the horror of the Holocaust for fear of offending certain groups and for fear of inciting further anti-semitism, we believe that the government should legislate to make this teaching compulsory as it is exactly such education that will prevent future atrocities and misunderstanding.

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  • Ragnar Vagmornasson
  • Samuel Shiell
  • Veronika Bernstein
  • Tricia & Michael Austin
  • harvey klein
  • Nikki Zimbler
  • Peter Hubscher
  • LAURIE COHEN
  • M BUxton
  • Lesley Daniels
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  • Dr. Alex Goldbloom
  • Avril Fox
  • Jonathan Jackson
  • Sian Davies
  • Peter Lyons
  • Maurice Barnes
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  • Ivan Margolius
  • Graham Rew
  • Paul Albert
  • Maurice Kindler
  • Katie Levene
  • lilian redhouse
  • ken kemsley
  • N Miller
  • Caroline Conran
  • David Shasha
  • elizabeth jeffay
  • Romy Derman
  • Rebecca Jay
  • Robert Gilbert
  • alan leslie
  • Elaine Allouf
  • STANLEY FIELD
  • Gordon Sinclair
  • Shoshana Lewis
  • steven brown
  • Peter Horn
  • Carinne Maisel
  • Sophie Ross
  • Roy Valens
  • Rosie
  • Jeffrey Bernard
  • janet skinner
  • Helen Eisenberg
  • Benita Tucker
  • Nina Kidron
  • Barbara & Anthony Nicholls
  • Frank Murray
  • Helen Brown
  • brenda glikson
  • susanna fox
  • mischka brostoff
  • Z.PURKIS
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  • Fleur Montes de Oca
  • Robert Butler
  • Jonathan Schwarzmann
  • Nimrod Schwarzmann
  • Ruth Green
  • Deborah Berwald
  • Jacqueline Joseph
  • melvyn davis
  • Nicola Carr
  • Anne Gwendolin Goldbloom
  • daniel dexter
  • Andrew Levy
  • Lily Maisel
  • Michele Goldstein
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  • stacey Lawrence
  • greg blank
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  • Corinne Hull
  • michael richard
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  • Will Harwood
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  • Celia Barry
  • J Mangham
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  • Deborah Konn
  • lisa peregrine
  • Dennis Nathan
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  • Melissa Afenu
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  • tom nathan
  • Daniel Aaron
  • Emma Sherling
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  • Paul Burger
  • Adam Sieff
  • Barbara Bishko
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  • Jeremy Silverstone
  • peter golding
  • Claire Rogers
  • Earl Okin
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  • COLIN LESTER
  • Martin Levine
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  • L Kemsley
  • Martin Lipczer
  • Susan Rozario
  • James
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  • Natalie Meltzer
  • dorit harrington
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  • Simon Levy
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  • claire shine
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  • Michelle Wagman
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  • Richard Jenkins
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  • Sarah Friedman
  • Geoffrey Arden
  • Sandra Grower
  • Donna Murray
  • richard lessing
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  • Cllr.Barry Goldbart
  • Otto Rosmarin
  • Laura Melzack
  • joel bowman
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  • Eli Coten
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  • Jonothan Goodman
  • Neil Lux
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  • Wilma Parkinson
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  • Dr M Ballin
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  • J Hutchinson
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  • Nancy Stewart
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  • Jeremy Asher
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  • Julie Snell
  • Andee Roback
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  • SANDRA CAPLAN
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  • Brenda Mansfield
  • Roz Stone
  • mark stone
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  • vicki york
  • Liz Cohen
  • Lauren Kramer
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  • Linda Nerden
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  • Gemma Moran
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  • sara kandler
  • GARRY SMITH
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  • Sherman Carroll, MBE
  • Alex Huxley
  • Kim Mather
  • Rosa Whalen
  • Sian Hawkins
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  • Chris Bailey-Green
  • david brennan
  • andrew palmer
  • Joanna Bunt
  • George Lloyd
  • Fram Dinshaw
  • Laura Jayne O'Shea
  • Brenda Priedon
  • Rochelle Kaye
  • Samuel Joseph Braham
  • Joshua Braham
  • Alex Hood
  • Jamie Shuck
  • Suzie Lacon
  • Lisa Holt
  • Lucy Fensom
  • Robert J Lloyd
  • Chaim Mankoff
  • Lee Braham
  • Roger Douek
  • bracha braham
  • Harry Sharman
  • Kayleigh Wright
  • Mabel D. Ackumey
  • d. gill
  • JEANETTE DYSON
  • JOAN STONES
  • Adrian Handley
  • Shirley and Martin Cohen
  • Joe Darby
  • Catherine Knight
  • maya moyal
  • jack rendle
  • ANITA WOOLTORTON
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  • Claire Matthews
  • Joy Daykin
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  • Matthew Burgess
  • shane harding
  • Gillian Roe
  • julie mead
  • Hannah Northedge
  • Moira L Tulloch
  • Sophie Hawker
  • Lydia Simpson
  • Albert Leach
  • Elliot Howard
  • K Michael
  • Douglas booth
  • KATIE MOLLOY
  • Rebecca Lewis
  • Ben Julius
  • Sandra York
  • clive gilbert
  • John McDonald
  • John Feehan
  • annabel jameson
  • Julian Shersby
  • Mr J J Riches
  • samantha cowling
  • Daniel Marcus Caldon
  • Gerald Myers
  • Antony Tsindos
  • Laura Strike
  • penny
  • Karen Chisnall
  • steve
  • Simon Wade
  • Cheryl Dennison
  • Donna Murrall
  • David Mansell.
  • Clara Ampah-Korsah
  • Tania Levy
  • Carys Ford
  • Andrew Beeby
  • Carl Watts
  • Alex Farrell
  • Alexander J Morrison
  • William W Ness
  • Roy
  • Daniel Freedman
  • Katie Yeomans
  • jenny bulmer
  • Graeme Moore
  • Elise Penhalagan
  • Andrew I. Capener
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  • Sandy Rashty
  • Anne Carey
  • Peter Todhunter
  • martin goldstone
  • Helen Kuttner
  • Jeff Rollin
  • Adin Samson
  • Alexandra Wakely
  • Katie Malone
  • Stephanie maltman
  • Martin Sugarman
  • Andrew Green
  • Sarah-Jane Pick
  • Yvonne Fernandez
  • John Curd
  • Jason Colvin
  • Jane Sugarman
  • Harvey Weiner
  • Barry Scheer
  • Elaine Crook
  • Agreed; but how would this incite anti-Semitism?
  • saul
  • Donald Baldwin
  • Charles Newman
  • Anthony Josephson
  • Edward Sutherland
  • Inbar Sarna
  • Lucien Lewis
  • Mark Kirk
  • mark savage
  • Mike Lash
  • Rachel Okin
  • ian brocklebank
  • Karon Waddell
  • Leigh-Ann Edwards
  • Nicola J Howell

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