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 .
Press Comment - BBC Radio Ulster programme about funding for Lessons From Auschwitz Project
22nd March 2013
Karen Pollock, Chief Executive of the Holocaust Educational Trust, responds to today’s discussion on BBC Radio Ulster’s Stephen Nolan programme about funding the Lessons from Auschwitz Project in Northern Ireland.
Press Comment - David Ward
27th February 2013
Holocaust Educational Trust host David Miliband and Daniel Finkelstein in Conversation to Mark Holocaust Memorial Day
22nd January 2013
Over 200 guests including gathered at The Houses of Parliament on 21st January for the Trust's annual Lord Merlyn-Rees Memorial Lecture. The lecture featured guest speakers Rt. Hon David Miliband MP and Daniel Finkelstein, Executive Editor of the Times.
Holocaust Educational Trust and The Football Association launch educational resource
14th January 2013
The Holocaust Educational Trust launched a free educational resource produced in partnership with The Football Association entitled ‘Introduction to the Holocaust: Footballers Remember’.
Holocaust Education on the Agenda in Gibraltar
28th November 2012
The Holocaust Educational Trust travelled to Gibraltar this week with Holocaust survivor Eva Clarke to deliver an intensive teacher training and outreach programme. The visit included meeting with the Chief Minister and his cabinet.
Deputy Prime Minister joins Holocaust Educational Trust on their 100th visit to Auschwitz
19th October 2012
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg joins 200 post-16 students on 100th Lessons from Auschwitz visit
HET Appeal Dinner honours champions of Holocaust Education
11th September 2012
Over 400 guests and dignitaries attended the Holocaust Educational Trust’s Appeal Dinner hosted by the Lowy family and Eyal Ofer and family
Press Comment - The Daily Mail's use of the phrase "Arbeit Macht Frei"
13th August 2012
Response from Holocaust Educational Trust Chief Executive Karen Pollock, MBE
Young Holocaust Educational Trust Committee Present 'A Night at the Museum'
17th May 2012
Over 200 young people attended an exclusive private viewing of the Imperial War Museum's Holocaust exhibition, organised by the Young Holocaust Educational Trust Committee
Lessons From Auschwitz Autumn 2012 Schedule
May 2012
HET has released its 2012 autumn schedule for the Lessons from Auschwitz Project
Passing of Vidal Sassoon
10th May 2012
HET Chairman Lord Janner responds to the death of Vidal Sassoon, hairdresser and anti-fascist
British teachers return from Berlin with deepened Holocaust knowledge
5th April 2012
HET Berlin Teacher Study Visit a success
Welsh Government announces renewed funding for Lessons from Auschwitz Project
15th March 2012
Students from across Wales will benefit from increased funding for Lessons from Auschwitz over next three years
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
