House lawmakers introduce Holocaust education bill on Holocaust Remembrance Day

A bipartisan group of House lawmakers introduced a bill on Friday that would order a study on Holocaust education in U.S. public schools to help ensure that future generations are taught about the genocide as the number of Holocaust survivors decreases.

Lawmakers introduced the bill — titled the Holocaust Education and Antisemitism Lessons (HEAL) Act — on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, which marks the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.

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“I think often about how few Holocaust survivors, and those who so bravely fought for their liberation, we have left,” Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.) said, going on to say that the firsthand stories she has heard “have shaped me and my work in Congress tremendously.”

“Their stories have never been more important, and we must affirm our commitment to Holocaust education and honor its critical role in the global fight against antisemitism,” she added.