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Teaching about the Holocaust and genocide  

Learning about violent pasts to prevent future atrocities 

Education plays a fundamental role in understanding and confronting violent pasts while at the same time developing the knowledge and values to prevent future atrocity crimes.   

Commemorating the Holocaust 

International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust, 27 January
Commemorating the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda  

International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, 7 April
Promoting Holocaust and genocide education globally

International Program on Holocaust and Genocide Education (IPHGE)
Addressing Holocaust denial and distortion  

#ProtectTheFacts campaign
Promoting factual knowledge about the Holocaust  

"Facts about the Holocaust" web site
History under attack: Holocaust denial and distortion on social media
Online course about the history of the Holocaust

for Spanish-speaking educators
Videos on education about the Holocaust and genocide

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History under attack: Holocaust denial and distortion on social media
UNESCO
United Nations Department of Global Communications
2022
UNESCO
0000382159
How does education about the Holocaust advance global citizenship education?
2018
0000261969
Education about the Holocaust and preventing genocide: a policy guide
UNESCO
2017
0000248071
Why teach about the Holocaust
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