How to read a photograph
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.
How can we teach about the Holocaust?
The Holocaust poses significant challenges for classroom teaching and learning. How have Yad Vashem and UCL Centre for Holocaust Education each developed distinctive approaches to meet these needs? What are the similarities and differences in their approaches, the comparisons and contrasts?
Beyond ‘moral lessons’: what does it mean to learn about the Holocaust?
A more complex view of the past reveals a shocking truth: you do not need to hate anyone to be complicit in genocide.