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Meanwhile, back on the topic of Walz himself, I just learned that he did his Master's thesis on the importance of education about the Holocaust. This is amazing.

https://www.jta.org/2024/08/06/politics/tim-walz-wrote-a-masters-thesis-on-holocaust-education-just-as-his-own-schools-approach-drew-criticism
[b]Jewish Telegraphic Agency: Tim Walz wrote a master’s thesis on Holocaust education, just as his own school’s approach drew criticism[/b]

[quote]But it’s clear that how to teach the Holocaust well has occupied Walz for decades. In 1993, while teaching in Nebraska, he was part of an inaugural conference of U.S. educators convened by the soon-to-open U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. Eight years later, after moving to Minnesota, he wrote a thesis arguing for changes in Holocaust education. And as governor, he backed a push to mandate teaching about the Holocaust in Minnesota schools.

Through it all, Walz modeled and argued for careful instruction that treated the Holocaust as one of multiple genocides worth understanding.

“Schools are teaching about the Jewish Holocaust, but the way it is traditionally being taught is not leading to increased knowledge of the causes of genocide in all parts of the world,” Walz wrote in his thesis, submitted in 2001.

[b]The thesis was the culmination of Walz’s master’s degree focused on Holocaust and genocide education at Minnesota State University, Mankato, which he earned while teaching at Mankato West.[/b] His 27-page thesis, which JTA obtained, is titled “Improving Human Rights and Genocide Studies in the American High School Classroom.”[/quote]
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There was also a project he had his students do, looking at conditions and causes of genocide, then analyzing various parts of the world. The students predicted the Rwanda genocide a year before it happened.

As a teacher: https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/08/08/tim-walz-was-my-teacher-what-i-learned-00173212  
The Rwanda story: https://www.newsweek.com/tim-walz-kamala-vp-high-school-rwanda-genocide-1935862--there's a link to a NYT 
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