Resources

Thirty years ago, in July 1995, against the backdrop of the ongoing war, Bosnian Serb troops and paramilitaries descended on the town of Srebrenica and murdered 8,000 Muslim men, and boys over 12 years old. The genocide at Srebrenica is the largest incidence of mass-murder in Europe since World War Two.

Order candles, stickers, booklets and pin badges to use in your Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) activity.

These learning resources for 9-11, 11-14 and 14-16-year-old learners explore discrimination, persecution and stereotypes in daily life. The contents of the lessons are designed to encourage discussion and reflection on the discrimination that continues to occur.

This resource, developed in collaboration with the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Campaign for School Gardening, offers ideas for primary and secondary school students to use plants to commemorate the Holocaust, Nazi persecution of other groups and more recent genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur.

These resources explore the lives of 12 young people who experienced Nazi persecution because of who they were. The contents of these resources contain firsthand accounts, historical context and questions to be considered. The questions can be used to lead engaging and thoughtful discussions around the experiences of these young people.

This resource is designed for Scottish secondary schools to mark HMD while supporting and complementing Burns Night celebrations. Read the story of Henry Wuga MBE who was born in Germany in 1924 and escaped the Holocaust by coming to Scotland on the Kindertransport. He made a home in Scotland and developed a love for Scotland's national bard Robert Burns.

This learning resource explores antisemitism (anti-Jewish hatred) and discrimination during the Nazi era and today. The content of the lesson is designed to encourage reflection on identity-based discrimination that has taken place and continues to occur.

This resource supports teachers and youth leaders in engaging young people to explore experiences of persecution and discrimination through art.

This lesson for secondary school students aged 13–16 or a youth theatre group uses drama techniques to explore the life stories of people who survived the Holocaust and the Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. It includes drama activities based on Bertolt Brecht’s techniques, which protect the performers and allow the audience to learn about those who survived the Holocaust and a more recent genocide.

This resource supports secondary school teachers to use the new interactive Holocaust education website Ordinary Objects Extraordinary Journeys in the classroom.