RIALTO, Calif. – Whether the Holocaust happened is no longer up for debate at Southern California’s Rialto Unified School District.
The initial assignment given to eighth-graders in the San Bernardino County district was to do some research and write an essay explaining whether they believed the Holocaust was a real historical event or a political scheme to influence public emotion and gain.
“It was an error,” district spokeswoman Syeda Jafri said Monday.
Several groups, including the Anti-Defamation League, called or emailed the school objecting to the assignment.
One person made a number of calls to police with some very specific death threats, said Rialto police Capt. Randy De Anda.