When Lily Ebert BEM, a survivor of Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp, showed her great-grandson Dov Forman a bank note she was given after liberation, he started an online search via social media and successfully tracked down the soldier who gave it … Continue reading →

Alva Academy has been given Level 2 Vision School for Holocaust Education status in a programme run by the Holocaust Educational Trust in partnership with the University of the West of Scotland.  Read more here: https://www.alloaadvertiser.com/news/19887548.alva-school-earns-recognition-holocaust-education/

Read the latest article on Holocaust Memorial Day by Henry Maitles is Emeritus Professor of Education at the University of the West of Scotland https://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/19869583.agenda-must-never-forget-holocaust/https://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/19869583.agenda-must-never-forget-holocaust/

  Join the facebook event here Tune in on Youtube at 6.30 here Monday 24th January – 6.30pm – marking Holocaust Memorial Day. SPEAKERS INCLUDE: • Colette Levy hidden child of the Vichy regime • Professor Ruth Levitas • David Rosenberg, Jewish Socialist Group … Continue reading →

Join us as and celebrate the lives of the survivors from your own community and the living legacies left by those who are no longer with us. Why June 24? June 26th is Auschwitz survivor Marian Turski’s birthday which falls … Continue reading →

Hats off to our VSS schools who shared some inspiring practice at our twilight CPL session, supporting aspiring applicants for the award in putting together their application and sharing their work and expertise. The VSS team members in attendance were … Continue reading →

This event was a great success. Our thanks to: MSPs Jackson Carlaw for hosting this event and to Jackie Baillie for her support; to the Deputy First Minister John Swinney for his powerful address and for distributing the awards virtually … Continue reading →

To mark Holocaust Memorial Day, Dr Paula Cowan looks at how schools can teach the subject to a new generation Holocaust Memorial Day: How schools can teach about the Holocaust | Tes

Stand up to Racism (SUTR) is holding an online event tomorrow, Tuesday 26 January, marking Holocaust Memorial Day 2021. The Holocaust Memorial Day Trust announced that the theme for 2021 is “Be the light in the darkness” – much needed … Continue reading →