Holocaust Education

Experience the testimony of a survivor

Explore the moral, spiritual and personal dimensions of the Holocaust, through the Jewish Museum's tailor-made educational programmes.

The Jewish Museum offer sensitive and thought provoking Holocaust education sessions at the West London Synagogue (close to Marble Arch Tube Station), focusing on a range of evidence-based historical material and with the rare opportunity to meet Holocaust survivors and hear their testimonies. Our Holocaust education programmes also explore links with racism today, citizenship and the experiences of refugees fleeing conflict and oppression. There is a strong emphasis on enhancing pupils’ thinking skills, literacy, empathy, interpretation, analysis and moral development.

Object handling is a key feature of the Museum’s programmes. Pupils explore artefacts, documents and photographs, both as sources of evidence and as a starting point for unravelling personal stories.

‘I think that listening to you is the quietest our class has ever been and I know from the conversations on the bus that you captivated us, especially in our emotions.’
Secondary School Teacher

Exhibitions on display at the synagogue

Leon Greenman, Auschwitz Survivor 98288

Key Stages 2-5: History and Religious Education
Key Stages 3-4: Citizenship
GCSE: History, Religious Studies and Religious Education

The display provides a powerful and moving journey through the life of Leon Greenman OBE, a London born Holocaust survivor, who survived Auschwitz and other concentration camps against all odds. His poignant story and personal photographs of his wife and child, both killed in Auschwitz, communicate a strong message against racism and prejudice.

THE LAST GOODBYE: THE RESCUE OF CHILDREN FROM NAZI EUROPE

Key Stage 2: History - Britain since the 1930s
Key Stage 3: History - The Era of the Second World War
Key Stage 3: Citizenship - Human Rights
Key Stage 4: Citizenship - How do we deal with conflict?
Key Stages 3-4, GCSE: Religious Studies and Religious Education (short course)

This display records the rescue of 10,000 unaccompanied children on the Kindertransport before the outbreak of the Second World War. The children would have faced almost certain death in Nazi occupied Europe and arrived in Britain with a very uncertain future.

Former Kindertransport refugees are available to speak to groups about their experiences. An associated Education Resource, also entitled The Last Goodbye, is available from the Museum with a range of classroom activities.