there must be implementation, follow-up and monitoring of the Declaration of the Ministers of Education and schools must observe a ' Day of remembrance of the Holocaust and prevention of crimes against humanity', chosen in the light of each member state’s history.A Nazi guard keeps watch in the foreground. An electrified barbed-wire fence separates male and female prisoners at a German concentration camp. Instead of denying the Holocaust outright, the PA now only. Every Jew who adds something Jewish to the world continues this work. Holocaust distortion is Holocaust denial’s ugly cousin and it has been willingly adopted by the Palestinian Authority (PA). pupils must be helped to learn and know the facts – and their causes – about this darkest period in Europe’s history holocaust remembrance day, black background with star of david. No observance of Holocaust Remembrance Day would be complete without acknowledging and celebrating this essential fact.'Whilst highlighting the positive advances obtained in the 20th century, such as the peaceful use of science to improve the quality of human life and the development of democracy and human rights, it is necessary to implement the entire range of educational measures with a view to preventing the repetition or denial of the devastating events having marked that century, namely the Holocaust, genocide and other crimes against humanity, ethnic cleansing, and large-scale breaches of human rights and of the fundamental values which the Council of Europe holds dear'. The cross-cutting programme “Passing on the Remembrance of the Holocaust and prevention of crimes against humanity” comes within the institutional framework of the 1954 European Cultural Convention and Recommendation Rec(2001)15 on history teaching in twenty-first-century Europe. Teaching about the Holocaust and genocide Learning about violent pasts to prevent future atrocities Education plays a fundamental role in understanding and confronting violent pasts while at the same time developing the knowledge and values to prevent future atrocity crimes.

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