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
Team
The HEDP team is based at the Institute of Education (IOE), University of London, and comprises full and part-time appointments from among the UK's leading researchers and educators.
- Director, Dr Stuart Foster
- Head of Research and Evaluation, Jonathan Howson
- Head of Curriculum and Development, Paul Salmons
- National Outreach Co-ordinator, Kay Andrews
- Research Officer, Dr Alice Pettigrew
- Visiting Fellow, Ruth-Anne Lenga
- Lecturer in History Education, Arthur Chapman
- Lecturer in Religious Education, Jo Pearce
- Programme Administrator, Kristen Dammers
- Project Administrator, Cecile Besrest-Butler
- Research I.T. Consultant, Dr Evangelos Himonides