Children studying in a clandestine school in the Kovno ghetto, Lithuania. USHMM, courtesy of Eliezer Zilberis 
A priest and several nuns pose with a group of children at a Franciscan convent school in Lomna, Poland where Jewish children were hidden during the German occupation. USHMM, courtesy of Lidia Kleinman Siciarz 
German passport for Hilde Schindler with the given middle name of Sara and stamped with J for Jude (Jew) Courtesy of the Jewish Museum London
Jewish children at the children’s home in Izieu, France. Soon afterwards they were deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau and murdered. Copyright © Yad Vashem 
Identity cards like this one were issued to all children who came to Britain with the 'Kindertransport', the organised groups of Jewish refugees who escaped from Germany, Austria and Czechoslovakia in 1938-9 Courtesy of the Jewish Museum London
Transforming Holocaust education in our schools
The Holocaust Education Development Programme (HEDP) is part of the Institute of Education, University of London. The programme’s overarching aim is to transform teaching and learning about the Holocaust. The HEDP is leading world-class research on Holocaust education and delivering free professional development across England.
Free Professional Development
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Research
All aspects of the programme are informed by the IOE's groundbreaking research, and directly respond to the challenges and issues identified by more than 2000 teachers across the country.
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Valued at more than £600, the most ambitious CPD programme available in Holocaust education is offered free of charge to state secondary schools in venues across England.
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Learning about the Holocaust
Teachers TV have made two short films exploring good practice in teaching and learning about the Holocaust, featuring case studies of schools working with the approaches and materials of the Holocaust Education Development Programme, Institute of Education. Watch the films here, and sign up for the CPD to obtain the free teaching and learning resources that are featured.