- Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum
- 2008
- Poland
Auschwitz State Museum organizes seminars and study visits for counselors and supervisory employees in penitentiaries . During this seminars, the counselors and employees who directly supervise the inmates are prepared for future cooperation with the Museum, with respect to the organization of educational classes for inmates. The second stage of the project encompasses classes with inmates. In cooperation with the counselors and seminar participants, the Center organizes trips of inmates tot the Memorial site, as well as lectures, multimedia presentations and screening of films in penitentiaries. In the educational process implemented in penitentiaries , teaching what happened in Auschwitz, may serve not only as transfer of knowledge about the history, but may also influence shaping of proper moral and social stances and prevent manifestations of disdain and intolerance.
| Approach | Holocaust as major framework to analyze Human Rights |
| Target Audience | Prison/Probation/judicial Counselors and employees at penitentiaries Inmates |
| Materials | Seminar Study visit Classes |
| Geographical scope | Poland |
| Start of practice | 2008 |
| Country of origin | Poland |
