Holocaust

Lawmakers across Appalachia are debating how issues of race are taught in public schools, but the U.S. isn’t the only country with an unsettling history to deal with.In Germany, teachers are mandated to include lessons about one of their nation’s darkest chapters — the Holocaust.

On this West Virginia Morning, we learn a little about the Holocaust and those who would deny it happened. Also, in this show, we hear reports from the Northern and Eastern Panhandles, and we bring you this week’s Mountain Stage Song of the Week from the band Calexico.

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