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Profile: Emrah Gürsel (KIgA)
Emrah Gürsel leans forward in his chair as he is asked to describe the work of the Kreuzberg Initiativ gegen Antisemitismus (KIgA) that he is so deeply involved in. His passion for KIgA’s cause is...
National Teacher Conference on the Holocaust under way in Croatia
The 17th National Teacher Conference Teaching and Learning about the Holocaust and the Prevention of Crimes Against Humanity will take place 28-31 January in Slavonski Brod, Croatia in commemoration...
Empowering teachers with new IHRA Recommendations
“I wish I had had these recommendations when I started teaching about the Holocaust!”, says Andrea Szőnyi enthusiastically, as the forthcoming IHRA Recommendations for Teaching and Learning about the...
Teaching about the Holocaust Special issue of Didactica Historica. Swiss Journal for History Education
As the last witnesses of the Holocaust disappear and the time gap between the Second World War and students' present widens, what are the resources, practices and experiences that make sense for the...
First trilateral educational seminar for history teachers from North Macedonia, Albania and Serbia held in Skopje
Around forty-five history teachers from North Macedonia, Albania and Serbia participated in the first trilateral educational seminar “The Holocaust as a starting point: comparing and sharing” held in...
IHRA Project: Recommendations on Teaching and Learning about the Holocaust
One essential tool created and promoted by the IHRA’s network of experts is a set of recommendations for educators and educational policymakers to consider when developing effective curricula and...
“The Holocaust as a starting point: comparing and sharing II”
Following the positive assessments and results from the first seminar organized in Thessaloniki in October 2017, around forty teachers from the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Greece (twenty...
Launch of educational app: “Fleeing the Holocaust. My encounter with refugees."
On 28 November, 2018, during the IHRA Plenary meeting in Ferrara, Werner Dreier, Director of erinnern.at, presented the app "Fleeing the Holocaust" during a meeting of IHRA's Education Working Group....
UNESCO guide for policymakers available in Arabic
The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance is pleased to announce that the UNESCO Guide for policymakers on Education about the Holocaust and preventing genocide is now available in Arabic.The...
Stories that Move. Toolbox against Discrimination wins award for excellent teaching materials
The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) congratulates Stories that Move. Toolbox against discrimination for winning the the 2018 Comenius EduMedia Medal for excellent teaching...