The educational resources from arolsen school present the history of the Nazi era in a contemporary, engaging way and encourage active remembrance. They help young people develop a deeper understanding of history (“historical consciousness”), empowering them to form an informed opinion on social issues faced today. Our approach complies with the Recommendations of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA).
Find out more about our educational resources for history, politics, and civic education:
Get in touch with us:

Birthe Pater
Referatsleiterin
Education

Henning Wellmann
Education
FAQs
For schools, we offer online and in-person training sessions to show teachers how to use the learning modules in the classroom. On the first Thursday of each month, from 3:00 to 4:30 p.m., we host an open online training session to provide information about the platform to teachers and other educators. Please sign up here to receive the information you need to join the session.
We hold regular workshops to involve young people in the process of developing our learning modules. If you would like your school to take part in the process, please get in touch with us.
We offer digital office hours for teachers and for other people involved in historical and political/civic education on the first Thursday of every month. You can register by e-mail here. The Arolsen Archives also hold lectures and training courses that provide inspiration and new ideas for lessons in all subjects.
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In our crowdsourcing initiative #everynamecounts, students digitize names and other details related to victims of Nazi persecution. In doing so, they are actively engaging with the past, standing up for respect, diversity, and democracy, and helping to build the world’s largest digital memorial to the victims of Nazi persecution.
You can explore our online archive too, of course. It provides access to many millions of documents about victims of Nazi persecution and displaced persons. We recommend you use our e-Guide to help you. This user-friendly tool provides a wealth of information on the most important types of documents in the archive. This approach is suitable if you are researching Nazi persecution in your own city, for example.
Are you planning a school trip to Berlin? Try taking one of our interactive tours – all you need is a smartphone. Five multimedia walking tours take participants to locations where Jewish life took place in Berlin and tell the stories of schoolchildren in the Nazi era. This educational resource can be accessed in the ad-free berlinHistory app free of charge.
You might also like to use our printed booklets to help you design your own teaching units.
We also publish content tailored to the needs and interests of our target audiences on the social media platforms YouTube, Instagram and TikTok.