Holocaust Educational Trust Blog

In the second part of his ongoing series exploring the debates around artistic representations of the Holocaust, Alan Polak considers what role fiction can play in our understanding of history.

^{This article by Karen Pollock appears in the Jewish News and follows the trial of John Galliano in Paris this week}

The UK government's announcement of funding to help maintain Auschwitz-Birkenau was an important step, one which raises compelling questions about preserving Holocaust sites. Alex Maws welcomes the educational challenge.

In the first of a series of posts on the representation of the Holocaust in art and literature, Alan Polak discusses the purpose of such attempts at engaging with the Holocaust in fiction, film and poetry.