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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....

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IHRA Secretary General condemns the silencing of researchers in Poland

Following yesterday's attack by a Member of the Polish Parliament against Holocaust historian Prof. Jan Grabowski, Dr. Kathrin Meyer, IHRA Secretary General, says: 
 
 
 "I strongly condemn the...

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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...

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The traces of operation ‘Reinhardt’

Date: 27 January 2023
 
 Time: 8:00 a.m.
 
 Place: Online
 
 On the International Holocaust Remembrance Day we are also planning to release the English version of our documentary – “The Traces of...

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International Holocaust Remembrance Day

Date: 27 January 2023
 
 Time: 12:00 p.m.
 
 Place: State Museum at Majdanek
 
 On the International Holocaust Remembrance Day we are meeting with the camp survivors, local authorities’...

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The architecture of extermination camps

Date: 26 January 2023
 
 Time: 4:00 p.m.
 
 Place: Lublin University of Technology
 
 One the eve of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day we wish to attract the public attention to the topic of...

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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....

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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...

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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...

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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...

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