The Israel-Hamas War
Vision Schools Scotland is committed to supporting teachers at this unprecedented time and recommends the following sources:
Antisemitism
- Information and Educational Resources on Antisemitism from the Community Security Trust
- Publications from HM Government Independent Adviser on Antisemitism
Islamophobia
- Information on anti-Muslim hate in the UK from the interfaith organisation Tell Mama (an interfaith organisation that challenges prejudice and persecution.)
The Holocaust - A Resource for Secondary Schools
SECOND EDITION, MARIANNE GRANT RESOURCE FOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS
Published in 2021, and suitable for secondary students. This online version of the second edition of the resource based on the testimony of Holocaust survivor Marianne Grant, is freely available to GTCS registered teachers. It can be accessed using the following link:
The Holocaust: A resource for secondary schools
This resource comprises film testimony produced by filmmaker Rex Bloomstein and a teacher guide written by Paula Cowan and Lynn Nisbet that focusses on the Scottish curriculum.
THE HOLOCAUST: A RESOURCE FOR PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS
Published in 2023 and suitable for primary and secondary schools, this online version of the second edition of the resource based on the video testimony of Holocaust survivor, Rev. Ernest Levy, is freely available to GTCS registered teachers and can be accessed using the following link:
The Holocaust: A resource for primary and secondary schools
Please email Vision Schools Scotland at visionschools@uws.ac.uk if your school would like to receive free CPL on either of these resources.
Further Resources
Additional resources for teachers
What is the Holocaust?
Holocaust (54 secs) - Dr. David Silberklang, Yad Vashem answers “What is the Holocaust?”. Watch video
Books and Guidelines
Books and Guidelines
EU Handbook for the practical use of the IHRA working definition of antisemitism
IHRA Reflections on Terminology for Holocaust Comparison
Refugee Voices, The Association of Jewish Refugees
The Holocaust Educational Trust’s ‘Guide for Primary School Teachers’. Download (PDF)
Understanding and Teaching Holocaust Education, Cowan, P. and Maitles, H. (2017) London:Sage
Teaching Controversial Issues in the Classroom, London: Continuum, Cowan, P. and Maitles, H. (eds.)(2012)
IHRA Recommendations on Teaching and Learning about the Holocaust.
Developed by the IHRA’s international education experts, these recommendations aim to provide fact-based and educationally sound techniques for teaching the complex and nuanced history of the Holocaust.
The Wiener Holocaust Library - The Holocaust explained: The Complete Introduction to the Holocaust designed for school.
Painting for my Life: The Holocaust artworks of Marianne Grant (2021)
This book provides insight into the significance and meaning of Marianne’s art and to the historical context. It is a welcome addition to school libraries and a useful resource for secondary teachers, particularly those teaching Art, History and Modern Studies.
The book can be purchased online at the link above or by phoning BookSource on 0845 370 0067, or directly from www.waterstones.com and www.whsmith.co.uk
Scotland and the Holocaust
The Kindertransports:
This edition of Prism contains many interesting articles that can support IDL in this area. Auld Lang Syne:The Experiences of the Kinder in Scotland, focuses on the Scottish context. (pp. 24-29). Download (PDF)
A Selective, Annotated Guide to Holocaust Websites (2015) in Prism, pp.96-100. Download (PDF)
This website contains online oral testimony from men and women who sought sanctuary in Scotland to escape the Holocaust.
Scottish Jewish Archive Centre
Situated in the centre of Glasgow, the Scottish Jewish Archive Centre collects and preserves material relating to the Jewish experience in Scotland over the past 200 years. This includes material during the Holocaust.
The Scottish Jewish Heritage Centre
Opened in 2021, the Centre is designed to support school visits and to assist researchers and visitors of all kinds. In the display, visitors will find out how people and organisations throughout the country helped the refugees who came to Scotland from Nazi-occupied Europe.
Jewish Survivor Ernest Levy - USC Shoah Foundation
Holocaust Testimony (2hours 38mins), film from the Shoah Foundation of the testimony of Rev Ernest Levy (1925-2009) a Holocaust survivor who came to live in Scotland.
Audio recording from the BBC (53 mins 53 sec). Presenter Johnstone McKay speaks to Marianne Grant (1921-2007), a Holocaust survivor who came to live in Scotland.
Courage: 60 Years of the UN Refugee Convention
This video (2 mins) features two people who have come to Scotland in very different circumstances. One of these is Rosa Sacharin who came to Scotland on one of the Kindertransports. VIDEO UNAVAILABLE
Jane Haining : The Scot who died in Auschwitz , a BBC film presented by Sally Magnusson (29 mins). Jane Haining (1897-1944), a Church of Scotland missionary who is the only Scot honoured for risking her life to save Jews during the Holocaust.
The Unwanted Jew by R.M. Sacharin, (2014) Tullibody: Diadem Books
Ramaswamy, C. (2022) Homelands: The history of a friendship, Edinburgh: Canongate
Holocaust Survivors
Remembering, Rev. Ernest Levy, OBE, cantor teacher and author (1925-2009)
Film (2012, 16mins) - watch here.
Obituary (Scotsman, 2009 - read here).
Remembering Marianne Grant (1921-2007)
Newsclip of the launch of the Marianne Grant schools’ resource in 2002 (click here.)
Audio and transcript of Marianne’s daughter, Geraldine Shenkin talking about her late mother (3mins).
Obituary (Herald, 2007 - read here).
Remembering Rosa Sacharin (1925-2019)
From “unwanted Jew” to “a brighter professional future”: Kinder girls and the nursing profession in wartime Britain by Jane Brooks ( Jewish Historical Studies, 2019, Vol 15: 68-85)
Remembering Ingrid Wuga BEM (1924-2020)
Ingrid Wuga – Life Before The War – Gathering The Voices Scotland
Remembering Henry Waugh MBE (1924 - 2024)
Henry Wuga: Holocaust survivor who fled to Scotland dies aged 100 - BBC News
Remembering Judith Rosenberg (1921-2021)
Antisemitism and Holocaust Denial
ANTISEMITISM
The UK Government’s definition of antisemitism is based on the following working definition adopted by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance.
Addressing Antisemitism Through Education (2018)- European Guidelines from UNESCO and OSCE. Download (PDF)
HOLOCAUST DENIAL
The working definition of Holocaust denial and distortion adopted by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance. Download (PDF)
Antisemitism (14.52 mins) - You can choose to watch all the sections or choose one from the menu on the left. Antisemitism today (found at 12.10mins, 2.42mins in length) is particularly interesting and has specific relevance for responsible citizenship. Watch video
Holocaust Denial (15.35 mins) - TED Talk by Prof. Deborah Lipstadt, Behind the Lies of Holocaust Denial. Watch video
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Last updated: 23/02/2024