Romania marks decision to teach Jewish history, Holocaust in schools

[Collection]Romania has decided to include the Holocaust and Jewish history in its school curriculum. The curriculum change was approved in 2021 and is seen as the first step in taking responsibility for the killings of hundreds of thousands of Romanian and Ukrainian Jews and Roma during World War Two. Lawmaker Silviu Vexler who initiated the curriculum change, said the class was "the first real move to fully take responsibility for what happened".