A man purporting to be a U.S. history teacher noted in a now-deleted TikTok video several of his Gen Z didn’t know who Adolph Hitler was and believed that disabilities advocate Helen Keller was a “Nazi.”

In addition, one student believed that “D-Day,” — the June 6, 1944, Allied invasion of Europe during World War II — was a rap artist.

At the start of the video, the teacher asked his middle-school students if they knew of Keller (above, in 1905), who lost her sight and hearing after suffering an illness at the age of 19 months.

“Helen Keller is the Nazi guy,” said one. “He’s like a terrorist.”

The stunned teacher said in response, “Helen Keller is a Nazi terrorist that is a male. Is that what you’re telling me right now? Are you thinking of Hitler?”

“Who’s Hitler?” asked another student.
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Recent testing showed that U.S. students’ knowledge of history, geography, and civics continue to decline, according to results from the biannual National Assessment of Educational Progress last year.

Just 15 percent of 8th-grade students were proficient or above in history while just 25 percent scored sufficiently in geography and civics.