Resources for
Education Professionals
Resources for
Education Professionals
The Holocaust can be a complex and difficult topic to teach: it must be fact-based and encourage critical thinking in students. We develop tools around educationally sound approaches to teaching about the Holocaust, for both teachers at school and education professionals developing their own teaching programs.
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This page will help teachers and other education professionals discover the resources we offer to help people teach and learn about the Holocaust and genocide of the Roma.
Why we work with education professionals
Holocaust education is an essential part of building a world that remembers the Holocaust, a world without genocide. Our Member Countries share a commitment to encourage the study of the Holocaust, and promote education on Holocaust-related issues in our schools and universities. In this way we can ensure future generations continue to remember the Holocaust, and understand why it must never happen again.
Recommendations for teaching and learning about the Holocaust
Discover our detailed guidance for curriculum developers and educational professionals for teaching and learning about the Holocaust.
These recommendations will allow you to:
- Explain why teaching and learning about the Holocaust matters. The document provides compelling reasons for covering the Holocaust in classroom teaching programs, giving students a deeper understanding of history and how it shapes the present.
- Find appropriate sources for your learning environment. Covering this subject in a way which is both sensitive and accurate can be difficult. These recommendations include practical help on making the right choices.
- Bring teaching programs up to date with latest research. There’s a huge amount of recent research in this subject; we’re made it easy to incorporate these findings into your classroom.
Recent publications on teaching about the Holocaust
Our resources are always the result of interdisciplinary work by international expert teams. Explore our recently published guidance below.
EU handbook for the practical use of the IHRA working definition of antisemitism
Illustrating good practices in the application of the IHRA working definition of antisemitism.
Recommendations for Dealing with Antisemitism at Universities with Teacher Education
This resources provides recommendations for dealing with antisemitism at universities with teacher education.
IHRA Reflections on Terminology for Holocaust Comparison
This resource provides questions for reflection to help people adopt good practice when comparing the Holocaust and other mass atrocities.
IHRA Toolkit Against Holocaust Distortion
Take steps towards recognizing and countering Holocaust distortion with the practical tools, guidance, and example activities included in this online Toolkit.
Holocaust Distortion: A Lecture by Professor Yehuda Bauer
This 30-minute film provides a profound overview of Holocaust distortion suitable for a variety of audiences without prior subject-matter knowledge.
Recommendations for Teaching and Learning about the Holocaust
These recommendations were crafted to help curriculum developers and educators teach about the complex and nuanced history of the Holocaust.
Online Teaching Resource for Genocide of Sinti and Roma
The Sinti Roma Genocide website is the first comprehensive online teaching resource to focus exclusively on the genocide of the Roma and Sinti.
IHRA Reflections on Terminology for Holocaust Comparison
This resource provides questions for reflection to help people adopt good practice when comparing the Holocaust and other mass atrocities.
History Never Repeats itself, but Sometimes it Rhymes: Comparing the Holocaust to Different Atrocities
This resource concisely explores how we might engage in comparative analyses between the Holocaust and other atrocities.
Research in Teaching and Learning about the Holocaust: A Dialogue Beyond Borders
This systematic review of how the Holocaust is taught to students includes research conducted in most IHRA Member Countries as well as several non-member countries.
Recommendations for Dealing with Antisemitism at Universities with Teacher Education
This resources provides recommendations for dealing with antisemitism at universities with teacher education.
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