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
The programme is grounded in landmark research
The HEDP launched its ground-breaking report Teaching About the Holocaust in English Secondary Schools: An empirical study of national trends, perspectives and practice on 15 September 2009. This research was commissioned by The Pears Foundation and the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF).
The aims were to examine when, where, how and why the Holocaust is taught in state-maintained secondary schools in England, and to inform the design and delivery of a continuing professional development programme for teachers across the country.
A two-phase mixed methodology was employed. This comprised an online survey which was completed by 2,108 respondents and follow-up interviews with 68 teachers in 24 different schools throughout England.
The report is the largest endeavour of its kind in the United Kingdom in both scope and scale. The authors hope it will be of considerable value to all those concerned with the advancement and understanding of Holocaust education both in the UK and internationally.
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