This part of the project was firmly focused on issues associating Auschwitz and the Holocaust with problems of the present day through education about threats related to antisemitism, racism and discrimination. In the years 2017-2018, a group of young leaders from Poland and Holland participated in three meetings: in Wrocław, Auschwitz Memorial and Amsterdam.
Under the project, an on-line lesson “Auschwitz - German Nazi concentration and extermination camp” developed aimed at preparing young people from 13 years old for a visit to a Memorial. The authors of the lesson scenario are Adam Musiał and Monika Witalis-Malinowska, certified teachers cooperating with the International Center for Education about Auschwitz and the Holocaust.
The lesson methodology is based on short descriptions of the most significant events, elements of the ideology and history of the Third Reich, as well as the concentration and Holocaust camps. In addition to the historical text itself, part of the lesson is a rich archival material containing photos, maps and fragments of documentary films. A significant element of the lesson are exercises for students, allowing for the systematisation of acquired knowledge. The participants were also informed of the mobile exhibition “Auschwitz Experience in the Art of Former Prisoners” the educational materials prepared for it.
During the conference, a panel was also held entitled "Groups with special educational needs in Memorial Sites - theory and practice", attended by Dr. Marcin Owsiński from the Stutthof Museum in Sztutowo, Gabriel Dittrich from Campus Christophorus Jugendwerk, Leszek Szuster from the International Youth Meeting Centre and Piotr Kondratowicz from the Lower Silesian Special Needs and Education Centre Nr 12 for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing in Wrocław.
On the last day of the conference, the participants visited the Auschwitz Memorial according to the tour scenario created by the participants.
The implementation of the three-year project and organisation of the conference “The Future of Auschwitz and the Holocaust Education in Authentic Memorial Sites” was possible thanks to the financial assistance of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.