Site-seeing: Reflections on visiting the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum with teenagers

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Abstract

This paper considers how the Auschwitz Birkenau State Museum is experienced by teenage visitors on organized visits with the Holocaust Educational Trust (UK). The findings presented are based on semi-structured interviews with twelve 17 year olds, exploring their emotional engagement with the sites and how they perceive and understand this emotional interaction. The findings suggest that young people experience their visit in a variety of ways, and that this is an incomplete and ongoing process in their learning. The paper raises a number of considerations for educators taking educational visits to the museum, to support pupils in their learning.
Original languageEnglish
JournalHolocaust Studies
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Publication statusPublished - 21 Jun 2019

Keywords

  • Auschwitz
  • Education
  • Oswiecim
  • educational visits
  • emotional learning
  • 2020

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