Even back in the day it was treated more like a mythological story than actual history.

That's what happens when you can't discuss it openly or with any details because they might undermine your indoctrination campaign to present the Jews as innocent perfect angels.

Even when I was a kid decades ago it was given all this special weight and then they'd talk about the same handful of empty, emotional bullet points over and over to the complete detriment of making anyone care.