Long story short, I was chatting with a 40 year old woman and her boyfriend, and “Auschwitz” came up. They both looked at me blankly. They had no idea what that was.
I asked a couple more questions….they had no idea what the holocaust was. Said they’d never heard of that before.

They were both born and raised in America so that just blows my mind.

I suggested they watch Schindler’s List, stressing that it is a true story.

However, will they even be able to grasp the movie? Will they understand? For example, when they show the piles of teeth, we know the horror that that represented, but will they?

What movies require a basic understanding of history and other events in order to comprehend the movie?