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Intercultural Legacies of the International Task Force: Lithuania and the British at the turn of the Millennium
Author(s): Allwork, Larissa
Date: 2015
Topics: Holocaust Memorials, Holocaust Commemoration, Main Topic: Holocaust and Memorial
Abstract: In the first 15 years following the collapse of Communism, and among pre-existing national and local efforts, there were also a number of international collaborative attempts to draw renewed attention to the memory of the genocide of the Jews in Lithuania during the Second World War. These efforts included the establishment of an ITF British/Lithuanian ‘Liaison Project’ (2000–03) as part of the work of the Task Force for International Co-operation on Holocaust Education, Remembrance and Research (ITF, which has been renamed the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance [IHRA] in 2013). It will be argued that the British/Lithuanian ‘Liaison Project’ offers an example of intercultural memory work which enriches and nuances the research of scholars such as Tony Judt, Daniel Levy and Natan Sznaider. This is because the British/Lithuanian ‘Liaison Project’ can be interpreted in terms of British and Lithuanian political, cultural and foreign policies in relation to Europe and the memorialisation of genocides in the global arena at the turn of the millennium.
Holocaust education and contemporary anti-semitism
Author(s): Allwork, Larissa
Date: 2019
Topics: Antisemitism, Antisemitism: Education against, Holocaust Education, Main Topic: Holocaust and Memorial
Abstract: t has become an article of faith in Europe that Holocaust education in schools is necessary and useful.
But does Holocaust education as it is currently practiced help young people to understand either the genocide of the Jews; or, indeed, antisemitism?
The evidence suggests not. It indicates that Europe is experiencing rising levels of antisemitism and rising perceptions of antisemitism alongside a growth in Holocaust education.
Too often Holocaust education is presented as a simple, catch-all answer in combatting antisemitism.
However, if Holocaust education is going to be productively linked to combatting antisemitism, then we need better Holocaust education.