credits: © Olivier Mériel/Mémorial de la Shoah
"At a time when survivors and direct witnesses of the Holocaust are growing fewer, it is vital to further invest in education to pass on memory to younger generations. as well as to combat contemporary forms of antisemitism. Since it’s creation, UNESCO has been resolutely committed to carrying out this mission. Over the past ten years, we have led such actions in 85 countries."
Audrey Azoulay, UNESCO Director-General
Every year around 27 January, UNESCO pays tribute to the memory of the victims of the Holocaust and reaffirms its unwavering commitment to counter antisemitism, racism, and other forms of intolerance that may lead to group-targeted violence. The date marks the anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz Birkenau German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp by Soviet troops on 27 January 1945. It was officially proclaimed, in November 2005
credits: Memorial & Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau
27 January 2025 will mark the 80ᵉ anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Nazi concentration and extermination camp. On the occasion of the International Day dedicated to the memory of the victims of the Holocaust, more than 250 students from middle schools in Paris and the Paris region joined together at UNESCO for a significant and meaningful event.
Education
Almost one million men, women and children were killed there because they were Jewish mostly as soon as they arrived. In total, Nazis murdered 1,100,000 people at Auschwitz-Birkenau.
As genocide and atrocity crimes keep occurring across several regions, and as we are witnessing a global rise of antisemitism and hate speech, this has never been so relevant.
Marking the 80th Anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp, UNESCO is launching a guide for teachers and a set of lesson activities to support countering Holocaust denial and distortion through education.
UNESCO also published three new sets of guidelines for teachers and journalists to combat Holocaust denial and disinformation, while supporting the creation of a new center for research and education on extremism in the former house of the Auschwitz commander.
Lesson activities for Secondary Education
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The Guide for teachers and the Lesson activities for secondary education delve into the specifics of how Holocaust denial and anti-Semitic discourse appear online and in the classroom, while also offering survivor testimonies and lessons plans to help teachers develop their pupils' knowledge and critical thinking skills in the face of disinformation about the Holocaust.
Useful links for teachers and students :
The Wiener Holocaust Library
Memorial & Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau
Beyond the Abyss – 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau
Survivors and World Leaders Gather to Commemorate 80th Anniversary of Auschwitz Liberation
"Memory work is about rediscovering for yourself the history of people who may have lived near you. It’s about reconstructing their journeys so that their stories are never forgotten."
Florence Gastaud
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