L’enseignement de l’histoire de la Shoah et de la culture juive en Pologne

Teaching the Holocaust in PolandThe Holocaust has been included in the curricula of both regular and vocational high schools in Poland since 2001. The subject is dealt with in History, Polish Literature and Civic Studies programs. Additionally, there are instances in which it is introduced in the last year of primary school. The lessons are accompanied by an increasing number of extracurricular activities designed to encourage students to discover and preserve long neglected local Jewish heritage. The author of the article details the slow and complex progress of introducing the study of the Holocaust into Polish schools since the fall of the Communist regime. In the late 1990s, textbooks and curriculum materials underwent an extensive revision. Today, teachers are provided with suitable educational tools and training.The last part of the article deals with a variety of issues that a new generation of teachers faces in classrooms today

Art · Communism · Curriculum · Humanities · Jewish culture · Judaism · Pedagogy · Political science · Sociology · The Holocaust · Vocational education · Central European Literary Studies · History · Law · Polish Historical and Cultural Studies · Polish-Jewish Holocaust Memory Studies