“Our commitment must be to remember the victims who perished, respect the survivors still with us, and reaffirm humanity's common aspiration for mutual understanding and justice.”
-- Declaration of the Stockholm International Forum on the Holocaust
Education
Guidelines for Study Trips to Holocaust-Related Authentic and Non-Authentic Sites
- Visits to authentic and non-authentic sites create special learning experiences and opportunities different from those in the classroom. A visit can also raise the "status" of a subject in the eyes of students who see that they have been taken out of school and out of other subjects in order to make the visit.
FRA and Yad Vashem Launch Educators' Toolkit
10.11.2011
On 9 November, FRA and Yad Vashem launched a new educational initiative called the Toolkit on the Holocaust and Human Rights Education in the EU.
Israel and Bavaria, Germany Sign Educational Cooperation Agreement
15.11.2011
Last week, Israel Education Minister Gideon Sa'ar, Yad Vashem Chairman Avner Shalev and Bavarian State Minister of Education and Culture Dr. Ludwig Spaenle signed a cooperation agreement in the sphere of education between Israel and Bavaria.
UNESCO Symposium on Holocaust Education
23.11.2011
UNESCO will be presenting the symposium "Teaching Difficult Issues in Primary Schools: The Example of the Holocaust" in Paris on Thursday, 15 December 2011.
UNESCO Holds Conference on the Globalization of Holocaust Education
26.04.2012
UNESCO will host a conference entitled "Holocaust Education in a Global Context" at their headquarters in Paris on 27 April 2012.
Jewish Community of Turkey Opens Primary School in Van
22.06.2012
Following the devastating earthquake in Van, Turkey in October 2011, the Jewish Community of Turkey has built a new primary school in the city.
International Conference on “The Genocide of the Roma and Sinti: New Teaching Materials”
11.07.2012
The conference "The Genocide of the Roma and Sinti: New Teaching Materials" will be held in Eisenstadt, Austria in November 2012.
"Introduction to Holocaust and Genocide Studies" Course Offered at Helsinki Summer School
13.07.2012
Helsinki Summer School will offer an "Introduction to Holocaust and Genocide Studies" course during its program on 7-23 August this summer.
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