Nazi death camp visit must for all German pupils

School children in Germany will be forced to visit Nazi extermination camps as part of their school curriculum, the London Times reported. The decision is a response to the recent killing of a high-ranking police by a neo-Nazi gunam in the Bavaria district, Germany. The stabbing triggered a heated public debate and prompted the government to look into ways to address the situation.

“We have to take a stand against this far-right octopus, this tentacled monster,” said Bavaria’s PM Host Seehofer. Seehofer ordered his ministries to come up with proposals on how to curb the neo-Nazi influence.

According to the new program, school children will be obligated to visit a concentration and death camp at least once, and history classes will include trips to museums and archives that present Nazi past.

The Bavarian students will likely visit the Dachau camp near Munich. The program will also include a state-funded project to encourage youngsters not to join extreme rightists groups. The Bavarian Education Ministry believes that many youths are drawn to such groups and become members under pressure.

Joachim Herrmann, the Bavarian interior minister, said that the project’s main aim is “to bring up kids so that they can resist any attempt by the far-Right to lead them astray”.