London: Believe it or not, one in 20
schoolchildren in Britain thinks that Nazi leader Adolf Hitler
was Germany's football team coach.
Not only this, a survey has also revealed that one in
six youngsters believes Auschwitz is a World War II theme park
while one in 20 thinks that the Holocaust was a celebration at
the end of the war, the British media reported.
Twelve per cent even believe Mc¬Donald’s Golden Arches
are a symbol of Remembrance Day and 40 per cent don't know it
falls on November 11, according to the survey.
A study by war veterans' charity Erskin asked 2,000
children aged nine to 15 about both world wars -- a quarter
thought a nuclear bomb was dropped on Pearl Harbour and one
in 10 thought the SS was Enid Blyton's Secret Seven.
Interestingly, one in 12 believed the Blitz was a huge
clean-up operation in Europe after the Second World War, the
survey has found.
Bureau Report
First Published: Friday, November 06, 2009, 17:52