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Auschwitz Visit

Educational project makes Holocaust real

Friday, February 20, 2009

THE HOLOCAUST Educational Trust's Lessons from Auschwitz Project is now in its 10th year.

The seminars and trip to the former Nazi death camp in Poland are based on the premise that "hearing is not like seeing".

More than 5,000 students and teachers from the UK...

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The camps at Auschwitz

Friday, February 20, 2009

There were three separate camps at Auschwitz: Auschwitz I, a concentration camp; Birkenau, a death camp, and Auschwitz III, a labour camp. Combined,...

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Auschwitz visitors ask 'how did this happen?'

GRIM REALITIES: Students with their guide at Auschwitz I

Thursday, February 19, 2009

IT WAS snowing when we arrived at the town of Oswiecim near Krakow and saw the only remaining synagogue there. The reason for its survival, we were...

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Louis Peacock-Young, Year 12, Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys

Thursday, February 19, 2009

Although I knew something of Auschwitz prior to the visit I did not know what to expect when experiencing it first hand nor did I know how I would...

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William Langridge, Year 12, Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys.

Thursday, February 19, 2009

I found my visit to Auschwitz unexpectedly meaningful and it affected me in ways that I would never have expected beforehand

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Sascha Lavin, Year 12, Benenden School

Thursday, February 19, 2009

As the plane landed at Krakow airport I felt sure that I could predict exactly how I would react during my one day visit to Auschwitz- with plenty of...

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