Welcome to the Centre for Holocaust Education

We are the world leader for research-informed teacher and student education. Our high-impact programmes deepen knowledge and understanding of the genocide and powerfully explore its contemporary significance.

CPD

Transform your practice through our wide range of research-informed CPD courses.

 Resources

Respond to the needs and challenges of the classroom with our acclaimed resources.

 Beacon Schools

Develop holistic approaches as a Beacon School and become a hub of excellence

 Research

Deepen your understanding of teaching and learning with our landmark research.

Do you know??

How much do you know?

  1. If a German soldier refused an instruction to kill Jews, then most likely they would be…

  2. Of almost half a million Jews sent to the Nazi camp Belzec, what percentage survived?

  3. In 1933 the total population of Germany was 67 million. What percentage of the population was Jewish?

  4. What is the approximate percentage of Jewish children in occupied Europe who were murdered during the Holocaust?

  5. Which of the Nazis’ victims were the first to rise up in armed urban resistance against their oppressors?

Professional Development for Teachers

Online courses and classroom materials

Make your classroom a dynamic learning space

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ITE

Initial Teacher Education

Training the next generation of teachers

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Our textbook

Understanding the Holocaust: How and why did it happen?

Our research-informed textbook is the only one of its kind in the world

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Latest Research

New research

National students study

Building on our landmark study about students’ knowledge and understanding of the Holocaust published in 2016, this survey is open to secondary schools across England.

Full research report now published

Continuity and Change: Ten years of teaching about the Holocaust in England's secondary schools

This research, a national study involving over 1,000 secondary school teachers, explores the development of Holocaust education in the decade following the Centre’s landmark 2009 study.

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Highlights

What else have our Beacon Schools been doing?

Further to the outstanding work that members of our community […]

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Subject in Focus – English Literature

Royal Wootton Bassett Academy As many of us appreciate, the […]

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Dialogues in Holocaust Education: Five ways that using scholarship helps to dispel misconceptions

Our Dialogues in Holocaust Education online seminar series has given […]

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Online MA Module

The Holocaust in the Curriculum

Applications for the 2025 MA module now open!
Deadline: Monday 24 March

This engaging course is the only one of its kind in the UK – a fully online Masters-level module designed for teachers who aspire to lead the way in teaching this complex and disturbing history.

The module is awarded special funding.  Applicants who have previously attended one of the Centre’s CPD or ITE courses in Holocaust education and meet the other entry requirements for the module will be allocated a funded place (subject to availability)

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Dialogues in Holocaust Education

Explore our new online seminar series, featuring leading scholars and educationalists, exploring substantive issues in Holocaust education.

Our research, and feedback from teachers themselves, suggests that classroom practice could be further enhanced and supported by the latest scholarship on the Holocaust. Each online session, lasting up to an hour, allows attendees to hear from acclaimed historians and afford the opportunity to learn about up-to-date research and ask questions. These seminars are now available to watch online:

  1. ‘Bystander Society’ with Professor Mary Fulbrook
  2. ‘Rescuers’ with Professor Ari Kohen and Dr Mark Gudgel
  3. ‘The Holocaust – An Unfinished History’ with Professor Dan Stone
  4. ‘The Ravine: A family, a photograph, a Holocaust massacre revealed’ with Professor Wendy Lower
  5. ‘Schemes of Learning’ with Corey Soper, Sam Griffiths and Anne Sutehall
  6. ‘The Holocaust in Belarus’ with Professor Anika Walke