A first and largest survey of its kind has found that people who have a higher level of Holocaust awareness were more likely to have warmer feelings towards religious and cultural minority or disadvantaged groups including Hindus, Muslims, and Buddhists as well as asylum seekers and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. However, almost a quarter of Australians have little to no knowledge of the genocide, despite being home to one of the highest numbers of Holocaust survivors outside Israel. In the study, just 54 percent correctly answered that the number of Jews murdered was approximately 6 million. Earlier studies in Canada and the UK have shown similar results, and the researchers say this concerning lack of historical knowledge reflects on our attitude to immigration policy. “Not many people know about Australia’s hardline attitude towards Jewish refugees before the Second World War,” lead researcher and associate professor Steven Cooke said in …