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DIIS Launches English Website Teaching the Story of the Danish Deportees to Theresienstadt

15.11.2012

The Danish Institute for International Studies has launched an English version of the educational website Theresienstadt.dk.

This website offers students and teachers the possibility to stream the documentary "THERESIENSTADT - Danish Children in Nazi Captivity," a film about six Danish Jewish children deported to Theresienstadt during World War II.  The film is subtitled in English. The website also contains photos, drawings and background articles about the deportation of Danish Jews, their incarceration in Theresienstadt, and their homecoming.

Theresienstadt.dk and its material is intended for upper secondary school and high school students and offers educators a unique resources when teaching the Holocaust with a cross-disciplinary aim.

Visit the English version of the site here.