Understanding and Teaching Holocaust Education

Paula Cowan and Henry Maitles have written an excellent book. The authors declare that "the central aim of this book, as its title suggests is to support teachers and educators in their teaching of the Holocaust in schools". They have more than succeeded. There is a good discussion of centrally important issues about how the Holocaust is characterised and valuable elaborations of how it may be included in the work of schools and in other contexts. The issues are extremely sensitive and there will be continuing controversies. This book makes a signifcant contribution to the development of education for a better world.

• Chapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: The Nature of Holocaust EducationChapter 3: Citizenship and Holocaust EducationChapter 4: AntisemitismChapter 5: The Complexities of Holocaust RemembranceChapter 6: The Importance of LanguageChapter 7: PedagogyChapter 8: Teaching the Holocaust in Primary SchoolsChapter 9: Classroom Teaching ApproachesChapter 10: Learning from AuschwitzChapter 11: Epilogue