arolsen school at didacta education trade fair
From February 11 to 15, 2025, we presented our digital learning platform at the didacta education and training fair in Stuttgart.
Teenagers and young adults want fresh, contemporary approaches to learning about history, so providing contemporary and dynamic digital learning resources is the primary focus of our activities in the field of education. Our new learning platform provides a modular, interactive learning environment for schools and other learning groups. Available free of charge, it can be used without prior registration. During the trade fair, visitors had the opportunity to try out our digital mini games, which focus on the history of the Nazi era and explore issues of social participation and marginalization since 1945.
“I’m speechless and full of enthusiasm.”
Feedback from a visitor
Great interest from visitors
The seven mini games cover a range of topics. For example, the mini-game titled “Suspicious” provides an overview of the numerous sub-camps that belonged to Buchenwald concentration camp. Another game, “Listen,” offers insights into what Jewish life looks like today, and people who tried out our interactive “Experience Data” module had the opportunity to explore the connections between nationality, wealth, and lifestyle. Teachers were not the only visitors to our booth, politicians and people involved in out-of-school education also stopped by for a chat. The feedback we received was consistently positive.
didacta is Europe’s largest trade fair and training event for the education sector and has been held on an annual basis since it was established in 1999. The fair focuses on three main areas: pre-school education, school/out-of-school education and vocational training. This year’s event was held under the motto “Democracy needs education – Education needs democracy.”
Anti-AfD protests
The motto of this year’s didacta was “Democracy needs education – Education needs democracy.” The presence of the AfD, who had their own booth, sparked intense criticism and protests both before and during the trade fair. In response, didacta and the Stuttgart and Cologne trade fair companies are now making plans to ban political parties from attending the event as exhibitors starting in 2026.
