Dealing with the Past: Education & Didactics

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War(s) in Europe. Shared experience, collective memory? A toolbox with methods tested in Germany, France, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Ida Avdibegovic, Nathalie Chevalier, Anne Favre et al.

Berlin: Franco-German Youth Office (FGYO); Stiftung Erinnerung, Verantwortung und Zukunft (EVZ Foundation) (2024), 56 pp.

"Whether as a central theme or a reflection on current events, the issue of war is very important in international youth exchanges. This publication aims to provide guidance on how to talk about war in such contexts. Key questions that have been examined include the occurrence of past and current wa ... more

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Countering Holocaust denial and distortion through education: Lesson activities for secondary education

Heather Mann (ed.)

Paris: UNESCO (2024), 111 pp.

"49 % of Millennials and Gen Z in the United States of America have seen Holocaust denial or distortion posts online. Holocaust denial rejects historical facts outright, while distortion manipulates the narrative. Both phenomena undermine historical truth, fuel antisemitism, and attack democratic va ... more

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Really?! Sophie Scholl on Instagram: An Analysis of the Journalistic Discourse

Martina Thiele, Tanja Thomas

Journalism Research, volume 6, issue 1 (2023), pp. 6-31

"This paper examines the journalistic discourse on the Instagram project @ichbinsophiescholl, initiated by Südwestrundfunk (SWR) and Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR). The project is based on a fictional premise in which the resistance fighter Sophie Scholl uses the social media platform Instagram during t ... more

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Violent Past: Teaching Manual
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Barbara Thimm, Elles Blanken, Song Pheaktra et al.

Phnom Penh: Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum (2023), 103 pp.

"This manual offers ideas on how to discuss a violent past in an active manner. The manual mostly focuses on methodology: how to make learning about the past interesting for learners. There is less focus on the specific content of the past. To spark learner’s interest in the (violent) past, it is ... more

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@ichbinsophiescholl: Darstellung und Diskussion von Geschichte in Social Media

Mia Berg, Christian Kuchler (eds.)

Göttingen: Wallstein Verlag (2023), 244 pp.

"Was wäre, wenn Sophie Scholl auf Instagram aktiv gewesen wäre? Soziale Medien werden auch zur Vermittlung von Geschichte immer populärer. Eines der jüngsten Beispiele ist das Instagramprojekt @ichbinsophiescholl der öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunkanstalten SWR und BR, das Nutzer:innen an den l ... more

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Education Agenda: NS-Injustice

Sophie Ziegler, Katrin Kowark, Hanna Komornitzyk, Emilie Buchheister (eds.)

Berlin: Foundation Remembrance, Responsibility and Future (EVZ) (2023), 44 pp.

"The Education Agenda NS-Injustice started in autumn 2021 with two certainties: Firstly, the survivors are passing away; there are few chances today to meet eyewitnesses who can tell us first-hand about the atrocities committed by the National Socialists. Secondly, we are increasingly entering conte ... xts in which boundaries between fiction and fact are blurred. Under these conditions, we are dependent on new ways of learning and innovative forms of conveyance in our critical examination of National Socialist injustice and in historical-political educational work. But what are these innovative forms of conveyance? Certainly they are more than mere apps and VR glasses. Digitality is an important factor, but by no means the only one. That is why our projects also work in an analog and participatory way: whether through a play, a research project or the curation of an exhibition. By involving people with different biographies, we strengthen knowledge about the history of National Socialism and its continuing effects in the here and now. Victim-centered, diversity-sensitive, and interdisciplinary: these are other criteria that make the projects of the Education Agenda NS-Injustice so special. Our MEMO Youth Study, published in spring 2023, clearly shows that young people are aware of current societal challenges. They are interested in Nationalist Socialist history and see points of reference to today’s social issues and conflicts. But with the passage of time, knowledge about Nationalist Socialist history and the Holocaust is declining. At the same time, a large number of young people want to participate in educational offerings on Nationalist Socialist history — to acquire knowledge, to visit historical sites, and to understand the links between past and present. The EVZ Foundation and its funded projects are committed to this mission — also and especially with the Education Agenda NS-Injustice, which focuses on young, working people, and those interested in history. For today, educational biographies do not end with a high school or college degree. One example of ongoing education is the initiative of the EVZ Foundation “Informed, Courageous, Committed!” This three-fold objective not only describes the ingredients for effective educational work; it also stands for a project of the Education Agenda NS-Injustice that commences where thousands of people meet every day: the workplace. A multimedia blended learning format with both classroom and e-learning trains employees of German companies, whether apprentices or managers, to deal sensitively with antisemitism and imparts intervention skills. For more than two years now, the projects of this multidimensional funding program have been in full swing. In this first issue, we are pleased to present groundbreaking projects and current discourses on the culture of remembrance and education about National Socialist injustice." (Welcome, page 4) more

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Romper el silencio: Historias para no repetir la historia. Una estrategia de eduentretenimiento basada en la realidad colombiana, para cambiar la realidad colombiana

Adelaida Trujillo

Bogotá: Fundación Imaginario (2022), 8 pp.

"A través de historias que nos conmueven y nos tocan emocionalmente, Romper el Silencio tiene como objetivo enseñarnos a escuchar a otras personas con apertura y empatía, aunque piensen distinto; a reconocer sus argumentos aunque no sean los nuestros; a respetar sus ideas sin señalamientos y al ... more

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Holocaust & Peace: Lessons from the Past for the Future. A Practical Guide for Educators

Michele Parente (ed.)

Sarajevo: Post-Conflict Research Center; Forum Ziviler Friedensdienst; Educator's Institute for Human Rights (EIHR) (2021), 205 pp.

"The present teaching manual “Holocaust & Peace – Lessons from the Past for the Future,” with its four modules and eleven associated lesson plans, is meant to be a supportive and practical, didactical guide for educators in general, and teachers in particular, who work with primary school, hig ... more

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Teaching Holocaust Literature and Film

Barry Langford, Robert Eaglestone (eds.)

New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2008), xi, 170 pp.

"The representation of the Holocaust in literature and film has confronted lecturers and students with some challenging questions. Does this unique and disturbing subject demand alternative pedagogic strategies? What is the role of ethics in the classroom encounter with the Holocaust? " (Publisher d ... more

Violent Past: Teaching Manual Key Guides

Violent Past: Teaching Manual
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