Exclusive | Survey shows shocking number of Long Islanders believe Jews need to just ‘move on’ from ‘exaggerated’ Holocaust

Nypost · 🇮🇱 public Israel · Apr 19, 2026 · 500 words · By Brandon Cruz

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Survey shows shocking number of Long Islanders believe Jews need to just ‘move on’ from ‘exaggerated’ Holocaust Nearly a third of Long Island residents don’t believe the Holocaust should be required teaching and suggest Jews just “move on” from the…

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Why it matters

The survey of roughly 400 Long Islanders revealed that a disturbing number of Nassau and Suffolk county residents believe Holocaust deaths have been exaggerated, with even more outright opposing the horror be part of required curriculum in schools.

Common ground

“The survey is intended to provide a roadmap for all of us — regardless of faith or ethnicity — because indifference or ignorance of how the Holocaust occurred threatens everyone,” said Steven Krieger, a Long Island-based real-estate developer who helped fund…

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Selective Omission: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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Claim 1: “The survey comes as antisemitism has surged to the highest levels ever recorded nationwide, according to the Anti-Defamation League”

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Two separate web search results reference the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) reporting on increases in antisemitism, suggesting a pattern of rising concern. The ADL's existence and purpose are also noted in the evidence.

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web search NEUTRAL — Israel inherently antisemitic. Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt argued “anti-Zionism is antisemitism,” in a 2022 speech. Members of Congress are pushing for the Department of Education t…
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/antisemiti…

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web search NEUTRAL — ADL’s (the Anti-Defamation League) annual Audit of Antisemitic Incidents, released today, shows disturbing levels of anti.
https://dc.adl.org/news/adl-audit-finds-disturbing-increase-…

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web search NEUTRAL — The Anti-Defamation League, formerly known as the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, is a New York-based international advocacy organization founded in 1913 with the stated purpose of combating a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Defamation_League

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Claim 2: “The survey of roughly 400 Long Islanders revealed that a disturbing number of Nassau and Suffolk county residents believe Holocaust deaths have been exaggerated, with even more outright opposing the horror be part of required curriculum in schools.”

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The specific details regarding the survey of 'roughly 400 Long Islanders' finding that residents in Nassau and Suffolk counties believe Holocaust deaths were exaggerated or oppose education are reported in a single web search result. No other independent sources corroborate this specific survey finding.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Long Island (abbreviated as LINY) is a densely populated continental island in southeastern New York state, extending into the Atlantic Ocean. It constitutes a significant share of the New York metrop…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Island

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum (or simply the Nassau Coliseum) is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Uniondale, New York, on Long Island. The venue is situated approximately 7 miles (11 km) east of th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nassau_Coliseum

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Nassau County ( NASS-aw) is a densely affluent suburban county located on Long Island, immediately to the east of New York City, bordering the Long Island Sound on the north and the open Atlantic Ocea…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nassau_County,_New_York

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Claim 3: “The findings — released on the anniversary of the liberation of the Buchenwald concentration camp — reveal that roughly 15% of respondents either straight-up believe the Nazi’s genocide was exaggerated to some extent or refused to answer the question.”

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The specific finding that 'about 15% of respondents believed the Nazi genocide was exaggerated or refused to answer' is detailed in a web search result, but this specific statistic is not corroborated by any other independent sources provided in the evidence set.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Buchenwald Resistance was a resistance group of prisoners at Buchenwald concentration camp. It involved Communists, Social Democrats, and people affiliated with other political parties, unaffiliat…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buchenwald_Resistance

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Buchenwald (German pronunciation: [ˈbuːxn̩valt]; 'beech forest') was a German Nazi concentration camp established on Ettersberg hill near Weimar, Germany, in July 1937. It was one of the first and the…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buchenwald_concentration_camp

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Margarete Ilse Koch (née Köhler; 22 September 1906 – 1 September 1967) was a German war criminal who committed atrocities while her husband Karl-Otto Koch was the commandant at Buchenwald. Though Ilse…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilse_Koch

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Claim 4: “World War II only gets covered for about 90 minutes of class time in New York state, leaving plenty of room for hateful misinformation to flood their timelines without challenge, according to various experts on the state curriculum.”

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The claim that WWII is covered for only about 90 minutes in New York state is presented as a finding from 'various experts' in the web search results. While multiple sources discuss WWII curriculum, none of the provided evidence sources corroborate the specific '90 minutes' figure for New York state.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — World War II was the deadliest military conflict in history. An estimated total of 60–75 million deaths were caused by the conflict, including those who died from deprivation, famine and disease. This…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II_casualties

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The military history of the United States during World War II covers the nation's role as one of the major Allies in their victory over the Axis powers. The United States is generally considered to ha…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_history_of_the_United…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Almost every country in the world participated in World War II. Most were neutral at the beginning, but relatively few nations remained neutral to the end. World War II pitted two alliances of nations…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II_by_country

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Claim 5: “About 30% said they don’t believe that Holocaust education should be required to be taught in public schools and that Jews should collectively “move on.””

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The specific statistic that 'Approximately 30% of respondents stated they do not believe Holocaust education should be required in public schools and that Jews should 'move on'' is directly quoted from a web search result, but this specific finding is not corroborated by any other independent sources provided in the evidence set.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Holocaust denial is the negationist and antisemitic claim that Nazi Germany and its collaborators did not commit genocide against European Jews during World War II, ignoring overwhelming historical ev…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holocaust_denial

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe (German: Denkmal für die ermordeten Juden Europas, also known as the Holocaust Memorial (German: Holocaust-Mahnmal), is a memorial in Berlin to the Jewish v…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial_to_the_Murdered_Jews_…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Holocaust, known in Hebrew as the Shoah, was the genocide of European Jews during World War II. From 1941 to 1945, Nazi Germany and its collaborators systematically murdered around six million Jew…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Holocaust

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Claim 6: “Nearly a third of Long Island residents don’t believe the Holocaust should be required teaching and suggest Jews just “move on” from the “exaggerated” genocide, according to a shocking new survey.”

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The claim's specific statistics (nearly a third, 'move on') are directly quoted from a web search result, but the evidence provided does not contain two or more independent sources reporting this exact finding. The web search results mention similar themes but do not corroborate the specific percentage or the source's unique combination of findings.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — During World War II, some individuals and groups helped Jews and others escape the Holocaust conducted by Nazi Germany. The support, or at least absence of active opposition, of the local population w…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rescue_of_Jews_during_the_Holo…

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