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 EU report: Holocaust studies lack human rights element
European schools and museums need to make a clearer link between the Holocaust and human rights today when teaching about Nazi atrocities, according to a study published on Tuesday, one day before International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
European education ministers will discuss the findings of the study, prepared by the European Union's Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), in Poland on Tuesday before attending ceremonies on Wednesday marking the 65th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz.
Jewish groups have expressed concern about what they see as a rise in anti-Semitism in some European countries and have called for increased education about the Holocaust, in which six million Jews were murdered.
"The findings of the study show that linking education about the Holocaust and education about human rights represents a great challenge not only to memorial site staff but also to teachers in schools," the FRA said in a statement.
"Establishing a link between the two fields is vital, given that knowledge of, and reflection on the past can feed into discussion of the challenges faced by contemporary society."
Too many memorial sites regard their role in narrow terms as the transmission of historical knowledge, it added.
"Overall, human rights education does not seem to be a well established concept, neither at the level of memorial sites nor at school level," the Vienna-based FRA said.
The report also criticized insufficient training of guides and teachers about both the Holocaust and about human rights, a lack of funding for sites and for student visits to the sites and inadequate teaching materials.
The study covered 22 Holocaust-related sites and historical museums and canvassed the views of teachers and students from nine EU member states as well as from curators.
(2010/01/27 - Jewish World) |
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