Holocaust education

Yad Vashem Chairman Dayan meets with Pope Leo XIV to discuss Holocaust remembrance

Dayan and the Pope discussed potential collaborations between the Vatican and Yad Vashem regarding Holocaust commemoration, documentation, and education.

Yad Vashem Chairman Dani Dayan meets with Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican, March 23, 2026
Argentina's President Javier Milei speaks at Yeshiva University in Manhattan, in New York City, US, March 9, 2026.

Argentina assumes presidency of IHRA, commits to fighting antisemitism

Voice of the People CEO Shirel Dagan-Levy

What this year’s Holocaust Remembrance Day revealed about Jewish fear

US Vice President JD Vance speaks at Royalston Square in Minneapolis, Minnesota, January 22, 2026.

Just say ‘Jew’: JD Vance’s Holocaust post shows why naming Jews and Nazis still matters -editorial


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

National Library, Shoah Foundation preserve Holocaust, October 7 records

This will make Holocaust educational materials more accessible to those with Israeli IP addresses.

 Shoah Foundation Executive Director Chair Dr. Robert Williams and NLI chairman Sallai Meridor

Holocaust property restoration: Not enough progress made, report finds

Blinken's address noted the countless works of art and cultural property stolen by Nazis which still have not been returned to their owners. 

Tourists stand near a disputed Wassily Kandinsky painting at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, July 10, 2019.

A glimpse of domestic Nazi life at Auschwitz

The idea of looking at the lives of those feeding off the concentration camp is good, but it’s unpleasant to watch these people for the entire running time, and it’s unpleasantness with no payoff.

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Holocaust education bill fails in Washington State after debate over Jewish refugees, and Gaza war

Republicans felt that the latest version of the bill contained implied references to Gaza Palestinians’ experience during the war.

 The Washington State Capitol legislative building in Olympia, Washington, September 23, 2013.