We help people make meaning from difficult histories.
Research report.
History under attack.
Paul shaped and contributed to this major report from the United Nations, which found that social media plays a significant role in nurturing Holocaust distortion and denial.
Holocaust education.
Participant-centred learning.
As co-author of this compelling report, Paul argues that Holocaust education becomes more powerful when educators support participants to make meaning for themselves.
Exhibition guide.
An audio guide to seeing.
Paul has collaborated on a new audio guide for Seeing Auschwitz as part of a recent expansion of the exhibition as it moves to new international locations.
Exhibition.
Seeing Auschwitz.
This travelling exhibition from the notorious camp challenges us to look beyond the perpetrator’s gaze.
Current exhibitions
The Berlin Wall: A World Divided.
Now showing at Union Station, Kansas City.
Auschwitz. Not Long Ago. Not Far Away.
Now showing at Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada.
The Holocaust: What Hate Can Do.
Museum of Jewish Heritage, Permanent exhibition, New York, USA.
St. Louis Feldman Kaplan Holocaust Museum.
Permanent core exhibition in St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
Research-based education.
Holocaust education.
Paul led the team that designed the world’s most ambitious programme of teacher development in Holocaust education.
Research report.
History under attack.
Paul was a significant contributor to this major research report from the United Nations, which details the role of social media in nurturing Holocaust distortion and denial.
Exhibition.
Auschwitz.
Not Long Ago. Not Far Away.
More than 3.5 million visitors have attended this major international exhibition.
From the ‘Ideas’ page.
Education consultancy.
United States
Holocaust Memorial Museum.
We are consulting on a range of pedagogical projects including expert advice on exhibition based learning.
Our clients.
Our idea of the past is often shaped by a few iconic images. Paul Salmons, lead author of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s manual How to Teach about the Holocaust, explores how we can “read” photographs, to see what they reveal—and what they hide or distort.