| dc.description.abstract | International interest in Holocaust education has reached new heights in recent
years. This historic event has long been central to cultures of remembrance in those
countries where the genocide of the Jewish people occurred. But other parts of
the world have now begun to recognize the history of the Holocaust as an effective
means to teach about mass violence and to promote human rights and civic duty,
testifying to the emergence of this pivotal historical event as a universal frame of
reference. In this new, globalized context, how is the Holocaust represented and
taught? How do teachers handle this excessively complex and emotionally loaded
subject in fast-changing multicultural European societies still haunted by the crimes
perpetrated by the Nazis and their collaborators? Why and how is it taught in other
areas of the world that have only little if any connection with the history of the Jewish
people? Holocaust Education in a Global Context will explore these questions. | es_ES |
