Beware of those who revise history

In today’s information environment, asking young students to do their own research, examine data and reach their own conclusion about the Holocaust, as recommended by Alan Singer, director of secondary education social studies and teaching learning technology at Hofstra University, is akin to a baby lamb being surrounded by wolves “NYS unveils new Holocaust curriculum amid rise in prejudice,” News, Sept. 9].

More Holocaust revisionists exist than ever before, trying to indoctrinate future generations into Holocaust complacency, ignorance, or downright denial. The revisionist’s goal is often to intentionally ascribe culpability for the Holocaust — and their own current struggles — on the Jews, an old antisemitic trope.

Singer says the goal is not to gui

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