Holocaust Education Trust Ireland has a vacancy for a Full Time Programme Manager. Reporting to the Director, the responsibilities of the Programme Manager will include records management, financial recording and reporting, database maintenance and project management. Candidates must display empathy with and understanding of HETI’s mission and objectives, together with excellent communication, organisational, administrative and […]
The November Pogrom, 09 November 1938, Germany and Austria On 16 October 1938, the German government expelled 12,000 Polish Jews living in Germany; the Polish government accepted 4,000 and refused admittance to the remaining 8,000, who were forced to live in the no-man’s land on the German-Polish frontier. Among them were the Grynszpan family whose […]
Statement from Holocaust Education Trust Ireland “Holocaust Education Trust Ireland are shocked and saddened by the horrific attack on a Synagogue in Halle, Germany, on the holy day of Yom Kippur. Our thoughts are with the two murdered and their families. We wish the injured a speedy and complete recovery. It appears that the attack […]
Teachers! Would you like to take part in the Crocus Project 2019/20? We are now accepting late applications. This wonderful European wide project is free. If you would like your students to participate, please download the application form here. For more info please click here.
Holocaust Education Trust Ireland in association with the History Teachers Association of Ireland The Mary Elmes Prize in Holocaust Studies for Transition Year students, launching September 2019 The prize will bear the name of Mary Elmes, an Irish woman who saved hundreds of children during the Holocaust. In 2013, Mary was awarded Righteous Among […]
This programme includes a 5-day study visit to Kraków and Auschwitz-Birkenau. It is supported by two separate seminar days: one in preparation for the study visit (12 October) and one on reflection afterwards (09 November). These seminars will take place on Saturday mornings. The study visit costs €595 pp- inclusive of flights, hotel, seminars, lunches […]
Certificate in Holocaust Education 2019 – 2020 Continuous Professional Development for teachers, educators, clergy and community workers. A programme comprising 4 modules with a Special Purpose award at NFQ level 7 carrying 20 ECTS. These modules can also be taken independently of the Certificate in Holocaust Education 2018 – 2019. A Certificate in Holocaust Education providing in-depth […]
On Monday 12 August, Holocaust Education Trust Ireland in conjunction with The Herzog Centre at Trinity College Dublin will hold a public lecture with Tomi Reichental (Holocaust survivor Bergen-Belsen). Tomi will speak about his experiences as a child in Czechoslovakia before the war and during the Holocaust. This event will take place in the Neill […]
Continuous Professional Development The Holocaust can be a daunting subject to tackle in the classroom. Our intensive three day Teaching the Holocaust programme aims to address this complex subject and illustrates how to teach it in Irish classrooms. Lectures, workshops, lesson plans, resources and methodologies are shared by international Holocaust educators and scholars. Event: Three-day summer school […]
“While the Nazis viewed all Jewish people as unworthy of life and targeted them for death “along the stations towards extinction… each gender lived its own journey.” – Mary Felsteiner International Women’s Day will fall on Friday 08 March 2019. While the experiences of women and men during the Holocaust were similar in many ways, […]