Within the framework of the ICHEIC Program for Holocaust Education in Europe, some two hundred European educators participated in seminars at the International School for Holocaust Studies during the spring semester (April to June). Educators from Austria, France, UK, Lithuania, and Poland—and for the first time Finland and Liechtenstein—spent an intense period of study at Yad Vashem, participating in tours of the site and lectures on a variety of Holocaust-related issues. Yad Vashem also held seminars for European educators in Austria, Lithuania, Poland, Romania and Russia.
A Researchers’ International Colloquium for European and Israeli academics took place at Yad Vashem in April. The colloquium—held in conjunction with the Herman Cohen Academy—explored “Holocaust and Context: History, Memory and Education.”
The European Department has recently developed a number of new educational study units including online programs in Russian, German and Polish.

The First International Seminar for Teachers, September 2006 in Auschwitz
In September 2006, the International School will hold its first International Seminar for Teachers. This seminar—organized within the framework of the ICHEIC Program for Holocaust Education in Europe and in conjunction with the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum—will be held at Auschwitz from 6-10 September. The program will be geared towards graduates of 2005 Yad Vashem seminars and the main points to be covered will be new teaching units, the other victims of Auschwitz, and issues regarding multiplicators.

 

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