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Wisconsin schools will be required to provide education on the Holocaust and other genocides for students in at least two different grade levels, under a bipartisan bill signed into law by Gov. Tony Evers on Wednesday.
Evers signed the bill at the Milwaukee Jewish Federation, which has raised alarms about the rising frequency of anti-Semitic incidents. Federation Board Chair Moshe Katz said the goal of the bill is to ensure that the stories and lessons of Holocaust survivors are not forgotten.
"I grew up with Holocaust survivors all around me," Katz said. "And hearing their stories, I always feel I am a better person ... recognizing our responsibility, not just to their memories, but to making the world a better place so that hate like that never fills our hearts again."