Holocaust education

Hungarian textbooks portray Jews positively, contain unbiased coverage of Holocaust - IMPACT-se

IMPACT-se released new research that found that Hungarian school textbooks include informative depictions of Judaism and empathetic, deep coverage of the Holocaust.

Rabbi Tamas Vero plays the Jewish shofar during the annual "March of the Living" to commemorate victims of the Holocaust, in Budapest, Hungary, May 5, 2024
Auschwitz, Poland

'World, Open Your Eyes'

Anne Frank's friend and step-sister Eva Schloss celebrates her 90th birthday in London.

Eva Schloss, Auschwitz survivor and founder of Anne Frank Trust UK, dies at 96

Holocaust survivor Nate Leipciger

"We have to march this year—it might be our last chance"


Sharing the memories of Holocaust survivors is a duty, not a privilege - opinion

Driven by the urgent need to reinvent the way we preserve Holocaust remembrance, we launched the Sharing Memories project four years ago.

 CHAIM RA’ANAN and Guy Pines participate in the Sharing Memories project. Ra’anan was born in Budapest, survived the Holocaust, and has lived since 1948 in Kibbutz Be’eri. On October 7, he survived the massacre, staying with his grandchild in the shelter while terrorists were outside.

Yad Vashem, Prison Service reveal Holocaust education for inmates

This joint Yad Vashem and Israel Prison Service initiative is part of a broader educational movement within the penal system.

 Inmates take part in program that teaches Holocaust education.

When it comes to the Holocaust, we are hyper-aware but super-ignorant - opinion

We know so little about subjects in the Holocaust that we talk about all the time.

 A picture of a Nazi rally in Buckeberg.

Holocaust Remembrance Day is still about the Holocaust - opinion

While the use of Shoah language has been common in the intervening months, we risk diluting the importance of the day if the rhetoric and images employed become overly influenced by recent events.

 A Holocaust survivor and family member light the torch during a ceremony held at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem, as Israel marks annual Holocaust Remembrance Day. April 17, 2023.

Peacock’s ‘The Tattooist of Auschwitz’ tackles a Holocaust love story based on real events

The series will also feature an end-title song by the legendary Jewish artist and EGOT holder Barbra Streisand.

 Auschwitz concentration camp, operated by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland during the Holocaust.

Hundreds of Holocaust survivors to connect with students worldwide in new program

The Survivors Speakers Bureau will connect students with Holocaust survivors both in person and virtually, bringing the stories to light in countries and localities that might be otherwise unfamiliar.

Polish-born Holocaust survivor Meyer Hack shows his prisoner number tattooed on his arm during a news conference at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem June 15, 2009.

UK assumes presidency of the IHRA amid unprecedented rise of antisemitism in UK

Since Hamas’s attack on Israel on 7 October, the UK has seen a 589% increase in antisemitic incidents compared with the same period in 2022, according to the Community Security Trust (CST).

Sir Eric Pickles, Special Envoy for Post-Holocaust issues speaking at the Commemoration of Holocaust Memorial Day event, 23 January 2018.

A Germany divided: Non-Jews seek education against antisemitism in a polarized nation

Despite introspective and earnest efforts from both the German authorities and the general public, antisemitic attitudes and hate crimes make an explosive comeback in the birthplace of ‘genocide.'

 Ben Herrmann of the Education Department at the Jewish Museum Franconia in Fürth discusses and addresses participants at the antisemitism workshop. The slide in the background reads, “When is criticism of Israel antisemitism?" March 16, 2024

The Museum of Jewish Heritage seeks to educate more college-age visitors about the Holocaust

The goal is to educate young people about historical and contemporary antisemitism and combat misinformation.

 Holocaust memorial at the site of the Drancy internment camp, where Jews where taken en route to German death camps, 2006.

Virginia school district will let students opt out of Holocaust lesson

Critics of the school connected the announcement with widespread reports of spiking antisemitism in K-12 schools following the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war.

A view of the Auschwitz concentration camp