Project Holocaust Memorial Day 2015: ‘surviving’, connecting past and present by personal stories of survivors (WWII, Iraq, Afghanistan)
| Autor: | Nawal Mustafa, Inger Schaap |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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| Zdroj: | Intercultural Education. 28:480-484 |
| ISSN: | 1469-8439 1467-5986 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/14675986.2017.1336376 |
| Popis: | In teaching about refugees past and present, it is essential to develop empathy for people who have suffered from war, violence, persecution or even genocide. Since hundreds of thousands of people have fled their homes due to recent outbreaks of violence in Syria, Ethiopia and Afghanistan and made their way into Europe, the debate about refugees has become increasingly polarised and xenophobia has increased. In both formal and non-formal education, the history of the Second World War and the Holocaust can be studied to find similarities in responses and processes of discrimination. Humanity in Action (HIA) seeks to link past and present in educational projects. Through historical awareness, current human rights issues can be explored, analysed and understood. In 2015, the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam set up a project in cooperation with HIA Netherlands. A team of young ‘Anne Frank Ambassadors’ interviewed people who had lived through war as a child and shared their story of survival. They intervi... |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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