Holocaust education

CAM weekly antisemitism report – Holocaust inversion and antisemitic conspiracies spreading online

"A growing share of antisemitic content isn't the product of genuine belief, but rather a byproduct of an attention economy that rewards whatever performs."

Cards with an Israeli flag with a swastika scattered in and around Justice Solberg's house on June 3, 2026.
Students from 14 colleges came together through the 2026 Two Museums Program

Two museums, one mission: Preparing young leaders to confront antisemitism and racism

In the decades after the Holocaust, the shame of images of Auschwitz played a significant role in the easing of direct threats on Jews, including acts of violence.

Global support for IHRA antisemitism definition grew in 2025

People view the exhibits at Yad Vashem on April 13, 2026.

Germany to provide Yad Vashem with €5 million annually under new agreement with Israel


Misusing Holocaust memory: It harms the lessons we need most - opinion

It has become common, too common, for Jewish and non-Jewish groups alike to use Holocaust comparisons when speaking about present-day affairs. Protesters liken immigration policies to Nazi Germany.

 A SIGN on a lawn in Dearborn, Michigan, reads: ‘End the genocide in Gaza.’

Challenges of Holocaust education at generational crossroads with survivors dwindling - opinion

The Holocaust, an unprecedented event in human history, is often turned into a rhetorical tool to justify political positions, intensify public and international conflicts, and incite hatred.

THE WRITER speaks at an event marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day last January at the Ghetto Fighters’ House.

Holocaust education needed to combat distortion of history - opinion

The Ghetto Fighters’ House Museum and the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum convene educators, researchers, and educational entrepreneurs from Holocaust museums and heritage sites, in Oswiecim.

University Presidents Mission, Auschwitz - Birkenau on the 2025 March of the Living.

Israel National Team balances remembrance and readiness ahead of EuroBasket tip-off

Ahead of their EuroBasket debut, Israel’s national basketball team visited Auschwitz and Birkenau, reflecting on history and finding unity as they prepare to face Iceland.

 ISRAEL PLAYERS Guy Palatin (left) and Deni Avdija visit concentration camps in Poland ahead of Thursday’s EuroBasket opener vs Iceland.

Congressional Education c'mtee investigating NEA for 'antisemitic positions'

The US Committee on Education and Workforce is investigating the National Education Association over antisemitism concerns linked to its 2025 handbook and policies on Israel and Palestine.

House Education Committee chair Tim Walberg, pictured in 2021.

'Spat on, called a murderer': Israeli rabbi recounts antisemitism during tour in Poland - interview

In Warsaw, Ostroff was standing next to a marketplace when a 70-year-old woman walked up, spat on him, and then walked away.

 YOUTH TAKE part in The March of the Living at Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland on Holocaust Remembrance Day last year.

Holocaust distortion and preserving the accurate narrative in Eastern Europe - opinion

Many countries refuse to acknowledge the major role their citizens played in the mass murder of their Jewish inhabitants during the Holocaust.

ROMANIAN PRESIDENT Nicusor Dan is challenging a recently passed parliamentary law designed to enhance the effectiveness and accessibility of efforts to combat antisemitism, the writers point out.

Edward R. Murrow, the first NYC public High School to bring ‘Names, Not Numbers’, Holocaust program

“What started as an idea became something much bigger and more powerful than we expected,” he said. “This program is about learning from the past to make the world better.”

 Holocaust survivor Ernie Brod speaks to students at Edward R. Murrow High School in Brooklyn as part of the Names, Not Numbers Holocaust education program.

Helena Weinrauch, Holocaust survivor and ‘dancing angel,’ dies at 100

Weinrauch’s story of survival — and how she discovered, at 88, the joy of ballroom dancing — was the subject of a 2015 documentary, “Fascination: Helena’s Story.”

 Holocaust survivor Helena Weinstock Weinrauch, who wore the same hand-knit sweater to the first Passover seder every year for the past 75 years, has died at 100.

What preserves the memory of the Holocaust among Jews is hope, and looking to the future

The point was made by several speakers that there cannot be memory without knowledge, and that lack of knowledge leads to difficulties in countering Holocaust denial and distortion.

 Visitors seen at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial museum in Jerusalem on May 2, 2024, ahead of Israeli Holocaust Remembrance Day.