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lWhen considering historical significance, students find it easiest to use the criterion of resulting in change. In this case, the death of six million is quite a clear example. However, how the Holocaust is revealing of the past and of contemporary issues, the second criterion, is more challenging.

l5. a. we are obliged to keep alive the memory of the Holocaust and fight against all forms of racism today
lb. we can learn lessons from the Holocaust perhaps about the dangers of racism or about the importance of standing up to a bully

ld. the events of the Holocaust can help us understand today, for example, how social pressure can lead ordinary people to do horrible things to other ethnic groups,