Poll Claims Nearly Half of Britons Unaware of Auschwitz

Reuters reports:

Nearly half of Britons in a poll said they had never heard of Auschwitz, the Nazi death camp in southern Poland that became a symbol of the Holocaust and the attempted genocide of the Jews.

That’s staggering–but not all that surprising, to be honest. For the Blogosphere’s take, click here. Jonah Goldberg’s comments are particularly worthwhile.