We’re only teaching half the Holocaust. Here’s the lesson our kids are missing

The stories of the Righteous should be central to what we teach the next generation because remembering evil must also carry a responsibility to recognize and practice goodness. Children deserve to know what evil has done. They also deserve to know the names and choices of people who refused to surrender to it.

The Righteous Among the Nations were non-Jews who risked their lives to save Jews during the Holocaust. Their actions offer something every generation needs: evidence that conscience can become courage, and that one person’s decision can change the future of people they may never meet.