By Tony Romeo
HARRISBURG, Pa. (CBS) — On this Holocaust Remembrance Day, advocates gathered today at the state capitol to push for legislation that would require that all Pennsylvania school students be taught about the Holocaust.
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“Right here in Pennsylvania, in the last year and a half, two Pennsylvania publicly funded colleges actually played host to Holocaust deniers,” Boyle said.
READ MORE: 'Sacrificing Restaurants For Politics': Philadelphia City Council Urging State Legislators To Again Allow Cocktails To-GoLegislation that would require a Holocaust curriculum in Pennsylvania schools has been introduced in both chambers of the state legislature, and a measure could get a vote in the state senate as soon as this week.
“This is not a partisan issue,” said Holocaust survivor Trudy Klein-Gompers today. “This is a human issue — one that will affect our world to come.”
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