After outcry, Texas lieutenant governor says schools should teach ‘Night’ and other Holocaust books
Dan Patrick clarifies to JTA that Texas schoolchildren should read Elie Wiesel's memoir and 'Diary of Anne Frank,' both of which he had included on list of 'dirty, filthy and vulgar books' The post After outcry, Texas lieutenant governor says schools should teach ‘Night’ and other Holocaust books appeared first on The Times of Israel .
Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick expressed his desire for the state's public schools to remove over 2,000 books considered "dirty, filthy, and vulgar," but clarified that this did not include Holocaust-related literature. During a press conference, Patrick threatened to withhold state funding from schools that did not comply with his directive to purge their libraries of such books.
He later insisted that the state's public schools should teach Holocaust books such as "Night" by Elie Wiesel and "The Diary of Anne Frank." Patrick's threats have the potential to affect over 5.5 million students in Texas public schools.
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