Online excursions: museums offer students a world class Holocaust education

Sarah Duggan

By Sarah Duggan
Published October 15, 2020

Australia has one of the largest populations of Holocaust survivors per capita outside of Israel, and teachers looking to open their students’ eyes to the horrors and lessons to be gleaned from this almost unfathomable period in history may not be aware of the wealth of incredible resources at their fingertips.

Both the Jewish Holocaust Centre in Melbourne and the Sydney Holocaust Museum offer an indepth range of online experiences for children.

Organisations such as the Jewish Holocaust Centre in Melbourne and the Sydney Jewish Museum offer an indepth range of online ...

This story appeared in the September 2020 edition of Australian Teacher Magazine.

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