This section of the website carries all press releases and statements released by the Holocaust Educational Trust. Journalists wishing to contact the Holocaust Educational Trust should contact Lucy Craig at the PR Office on +44 (0) 20 7284 6969 or JLIB_HTML_CLOAKING .
HET and the NUT launch a new free teaching resource
1st February 2012
'Mosaic: Victims of Nazi persecution' launched at event to mark Holocaust Memorial Day
Press Comment - Vandalism of Belsen liberator statue
26th January 2012
HET condemns attack on Scarborough monument
Lord Merlyn Rees Memorial Lecture 2012
24th January 2012
Hundreds gather in Parliament to hear Holocaust historian Sir Ian Kershaw
Downing Street meeting for students and survivor Ben Helfgott MBE
24th January 2012
David Cameron and Nick Clegg sign Holocaust Educational Trust Book of Commitment
Scottish Government renews funding for Lessons from Auschwitz - Press Release
18th January 2012
Scottish government announces continued funding for the Holocaust Educational Trust’s Lessons from Auschwitz Project
East end students meet Holocaust survivor
16th January 2012
Deputy Mayor Richard Barnes and Holocaust survivor Zigi Shipper speak to students at Bishop Challoner Catholic Collegiate School
Press Comment – LSE Nazi drinking game
16th January 2012
Response from Holocaust Educational Trust Chief Executive Karen Pollock, MBE
Press Comment – Record visitors to Auschwitz
10th January 2012
Comment from Karen Pollock MBE, Chief Executive of the Holocaust Educational Trust on the record number of visitors to Auschwitz
Press Comment – Nazi imagery in Israel
9th January 2012
Karen Pollock MBE, Chief Executive of the Holocaust Educational Trust responds to proposals for legislation banning the use of Nazi imagery and terminology in Israel
Comment on use of Auschwitz image to promote a gym in Dubai
4th January 2012
Karen Pollock responds to "shocking" marketing campaign
Comment on the theft of Harlow's Holocaust memorial plaque
22nd December 2011
Response from Holocaust Educational Trust Chief Executive Karen Pollock
London students meet Holocaust survivors
24th November 2011
Lessons from Auschwitz Project Student Ambassadors to pay a visit to Jewish Care's Survivors' Centre in Barnet.
British teachers travel to Paris for training at the Memorial de la Shoah
27th October 2011
First of it's kind Anglo-French collaboration in Holocaust education training for teachers
Sell out screening of 'Sarah's Key' in aid of the Holocaust Educational Trust
11th October 2011
The newly formed Young Holocaust Educational Trust Committee hold their first fund-raising event
BBCs Nick Robinson praises students at Holocaust Educational Trust Student Ambassador event
13 July 2011
BBC Political Editor and Channel 4 'Skins' star join students at event to celebrate the work of Lessons from Auschwitz Student Ambassadors
HET welcomes Government funding for maintenance of Auschwitz-Birkenau
26th May 2011
Lord Janner comments on announcement of £2.1 million from UK for upkeep of the Auschwitz site
Holocaust Educational Trust appoints new Manager of their Lessons from Auschwitz Project
25th May 2011
Debbie Neubauer joins the team
Comment on IHRC’s invitation to Ahron Cohen
10th January 2011
Comment on IHRC’s invitation to Ahron Cohen to speak about the Holocaust for their event ‘Genocide Memorial Day’.
Comment on the website entitled www.shoah.org.uk
4th January 2011
Comment on the website entitled, www.shoah.org.uk which uses the term ‘Shoah’ in relation to the Israel/Palestine conflict.
Holocaust Educational Trust Delivers Teacher Training at Manchester Town Hall to Mark Holocaust Memorial Day
14th December 2010
On Tuesday 14th December, teachers from Greater Manchester took part in a teacher training programme delivered by the Holocaust Educational Trust (HET), as part of Manchester City Council’s activities to mark Holocaust Memorial Day.
Letter to The Independent on the death of former Belzec guard, Samuel Kunz
23rd November 2010
Letter to The Independent on the death of former Belzec guard Samuel Kunz, from Lord Janner, Chairman, Holocaust Educational Trust
Comment on signing UJS’ campaign ‘EDL: Not In Our Name’
8th November 2010
Comment on signing UJS’ campaign ‘EDL: Not In Our Name’, by Karen Pollock, Chief Executive of the Holocaust Educational Trust.
Comment on the board game entitled ‘Train’
29th October 2010
Comment on the board game entitled ‘Train’, from Karen Pollock, Chief Executive of the Holocaust Educational Trust
Holocaust Educational Trust Showcases ‘Recollections’ at Scottish Learning Festival 2010
September 2010
The Holocaust Educational Trust (HET) will be showcasing pioneering educational resources at the Scottish Learning Festival 2010 including its BAFTA award-winning DVD-ROM Recollections: Eyewitnesses Remember the Holocaust.
Remarkable Stories Of British Heroism Captivate Guests At HET’s Appeal Dinner
21st September 2010
Two of the most remarkable stories of British heroism ever told, left guests at last night’s Holocaust Educational Trust’s Appeal Dinner in no doubt about the importance of passing on the lessons of the Holocaust to the next generation.
Over 100 Teachers Gather for the First Holocaust Educational Trust Summer School
23rd August 2010
More than one hundred teachers from across the UK gathered at the Churchill War Rooms in London to participate in the Holocaust Educational Trust’s first ever Teachers’ Summer School.
Shami Chakrabarti congratulates students as continued funding for visits to Auschwitz-Birkenau is confirmed
19th July 2010
Over 100 student participants in the Holocaust Educational Trust’s (HET) Lessons from Auschwitz (LFA) Project gathered at an event to honour the ‘Next Steps’ work they recently completed. The event, held at the Imperial War Museum, was addressed by Shami Chakrabarti CBE, Director of Liberty, herself a previous LFA participant, who spoke about the lessons in relation to universal human rights which she drew from her visit to Auschwitz.
