In the shoes of the other: an educational trip to Auschwitz Birkenau increases high-school students’ perspective taking and identification with Jews
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We investigated whether empathy and identification with Jews as a group is affected by a Holocaust education trip to Auschwitz-Birkenau. Data was collected before and after the trip and compared with a control group. The mean level of both perspective taking and identification with Jews as a group increased in the educational-trip group. Increased closeness to Jews as a group was related to increased perspective taking. We discuss the role for Holocaust education in fostering an understanding of Jewish life and culture and for stimulating perspective taking by providing an opportunity to put oneself in the shoes of the other.
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Holocaust Education Main Topic: Holocaust and Memorial Holocaust Memorials Educational Tours Psychology Surveys Teenagers Schools: Non-Jewish Schools: Seconday / High Schools
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31(2)
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309-323
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In the shoes of the other: an educational trip to Auschwitz Birkenau increases high-school students’ perspective taking and identification with Jews. 2025: 309-323. https://archive.jpr.org.uk/10.1080/17504902.2024.2383084
