Topics: education
Georgia’s Holocaust Education Project
Georgia’s Holocaust Learning Trunk Project has been a resounding success with teachers and students throughout the state. The Project is a Claims Conference-funded initiative of the Georgia Commission on the Holocaust to provide middle school students with a comprehensive set of materials on the history and lessons of the Holocaust. Trunks filled with books, posters, […]
South America: Holocaust Education
After the Holocaust, survivors spread across the world and many settled in South America, which also earned a reputation as a refuge for Nazi war criminals escaping prosecution. Despite this, to many South Americans the Holocaust was of little interest and remained of concern only to survivors and their descendants. The Claims Conference has met […]
Program Guidelines
General Guidelines for the Institutional Grants Program Guidelines for Shoah Research, Education and Documentation Grants Guidelines for Film Grants
Holocaust Education: Passing on the Knowledge
Methods of teaching the Holocaust include interactive educational programs with lectures from survivors, visits to sites of Nazi atrocities, public lectures, and the development of high quality educational material. Formal and informal Shoah educators have to be trained to make these programs and materials effective. The Claims Conference funds numerous organizations that train educators from around […]
