Building a world that remembers the Holocaust, a world without genocide means understanding the past. Learn about the IHRA’s approaches to teaching about the Holocaust and genocide of the Roma – for both students at school and educational professionals at work.

Useful resources on Holocaust education

The IHRA’s expert-led tools help teacher trainers, curriculum developers, and other education professionals teach about this complex and difficult subject.

Project highlights: Advancing Holocaust education

Grant projects we fund, as well as internal projects led by our experts, help us promote high-quality educational approaches.

IHRA Project on Recommendations for Teaching and Learning about the Persecution and Genocide of the Roma during the Nazi era

An expert team is drafting guidelines that will help education professionals include the genocide of the Roma in their teaching programs.

Ordinary objects, extraordinary journeys

This IHRA Grant created an interactive website that tells the story of four objects and their owners to help secondary students better understand the human impact of the Holocaust.

The IHRA’s Education Working Group

Made up of international experts in pedagogy, the IHRA’s Education Working Group (EWG) helps IHRA Member Countries advance Holocaust education. It researches and shares good practice on teaching about the Holocaust and develops recommendations to help educators and policymakers develop curricula and training programs. The EWG also promotes professional development programs around the world.

Our eight Focus Areas

Antisemitism

We are creating a shared understanding of how antisemitism impacts our societies – and how we can fight it.

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Holocaust denial and distortion

We are leading global efforts to tackle the growing threat of Holocaust denial and distortion.

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Holocaust archives and research

We are helping victims, survivors, and their descendants to reclaim their histories and identities.

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Holocaust, genocide and crimes against humanity

We use comparative scholarship, education, and commemoration to build a world without genocide.

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Genocide of the Roma

We are raising awareness of the genocide of the Roma to help combat antigypsyism/anti-Roma discrimination.

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Education

We create tools and resources that help people teach and learn about Holocaust-related issues.

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Remembrance of the Holocaust and the genocide of the Roma

We help governments, organizations, and communities remember victims and survivors in an appropriate way.

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Sites of the Holocaust and the Genocide of the Roma

We work with memorials and museums and help safeguard the places where the Holocaust happened.

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Explore the IHRA resource library

We develop tools that empower people to safeguard the record and
counter distortion.

This page collects all of our resources in one place.

Resources