British kids think Hitler was a football coach
One in 20 children think Adolf Hitler coached Germany's national football team, a survey has revealed.The poll of over 2,000 British kids - testing what the know about the world wars - also found one in six kids believed Auschwitz is a World War Two theme park.
Worryingly twelve per cent assumed McDonald's Golden Arches was the symbol of Remembrance Day and 40 percent didn't even know what day it fell on.
One in 20 of the nine to 15-year-olds also said they thought the Holocaust was the celebration at the end of the war.
On a slightly more encouraging not 70 percent of those polled said they would like to find out more about the world wars -- like who won.
A spokesperson for Erskine, who commissioned the study, said: "As we approach Remembrance Day it is hard to believe that 40 per cent of our children do not know when it is.
"There are also some positives to come out of this survey with the level of interest from children wishing to learn more at school about the World Wars.
"School children are the future of the country and it is important that we help them to learn about our history."
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Erskine
"There are also some positives to come out of this survey with the level of interest from children wishing to learn more at school about the World Wars.
"School children are the future of the country and it is important that we help them to learn about our history."
LINKS
Erskine
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