Czech Republic
The story of Lety is about facing the past
A stench of manure wafted over a small crowd of people. They had gathered on an industrial pig farm to commemorate Romani victims of the Second World War, but the group’s desire to remember what lay...
IWalks: A digital tool is bringing stories of the past to a location in the present, thanks to an IHRA grant
Finding ways for students to connect to Holocaust history is crucial to keeping its memory alive. IWalks do that in a creative way by bringing the location, personal memory, and pedagogy together....
Saving the Dresden Barracks: A story of hope?
Years before the first astronaut landed on the moon, an exuberant and promising young artist depicted what the view of Earth might look like from up there. Petr Ginz was just 14, and rather than...
IHRA Recommendations for Teaching and Learning about the Holocaust
Each IHRA Member Country is committed to encouraging the study of the Holocaust in all its dimensions. However, teaching about this complex and sensitive topic appropriately – and adapting it to the...
How to Teach about the Holocaust
The Recommendations aim to deepen the understanding of the Holocaust by asking crucial questions concerning the historical context of the Holocaust, its scope and scale and why and how it happened....
What to Teach about the Holocaust
The Recommendations aim to deepen the understanding of the Holocaust by asking crucial questions concerning the historical context of the Holocaust, its scope and scale and why and how it happened...
Why Teach About the Holocaust
Considering how best to make any examination of the Holocaust meaningful and relevant for learners in their national contexts is essential. This section is meant to help policymakers, school...
Summary: Why, What, and How to Teach about the Holocaust
The Holocaust was the state-sponsored, systematic persecution and murder of Jews by Nazi Germany and its collaborators between 1933 and 1945. A continent-wide genocide, it destroyed not only...
Commemorative Meeting
Commemorative meeting hosted jointly by the Senate, the Federation of Jewish Communities and the Foundation for Holocaust Victims. Addressed by Terezin survivor Michaela Vidlakova, Chairman of the...
Commemorative Meeting
Commemorative meeting hosted jointly by the Senate, the Federation of Jewish Communities and the Foundation for Holocaust Victims. Addressed by Terezin survivor Michaela Vidlakova, Chairman of the...