The selective way in which countries cover the Holocaust in learning materials (UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization)

(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) by Peter Carrier, Georg Eckert Institute One of the most striking aspects of education about the Holocaust is that no country is alike. Even when two countries stipulate simply 'the Holocaust' in their national curricula, the event is invariably contextualised in idiosyncratic ways. England, for example, stipulates that the Holocaust be taught in the context of the Second World War, while the curriculum of Mexico demands that it be taught in the context of lessons about human rights violations. Some countries place the Holocaust squarely in the centre of the history of the twentieth century, while others...