Funding for Educational Visits to Auschwitz

The Holocaust was one of the most horrific events in world history and it’s important that every young person has an understanding of it. Teaching of the Holocaust is compulsory in all secondary schools, but sometimes getting out of the classroom and actually visiting the places where historic events happened can be the best way to truly grasp the enormity of what occurred.

That’s why I’m pleased that from now on, students from every school in Edmonton will be able to go on educational visits to Auschwitz to learn about the horrors of the Holocaust, thanks to Government funding announced this week. The £4.65 million funding, will allow the Holocaust Educational Trust to continue its visits for the next three years. I visited Auschwitz in 2006, with pupils from Edmonton County School. The pupils told me that they found the experience deeply affecting, and they returned to school determined to let others know about what they had seen.


Each visit takes up to 200 students from across the country to Auschwitz in Poland, where expert guides and educators from the UK show pupils around the site and let them see first hand where the horrendous atrocities occurred. will continue to fund the Holocaust Educational Trust’s visits to Auschwitz and every school in Edmonton will take part. Not only do young people visit the site of one of history’s greatest atrocities, but they come back inspired to make a difference today and teach others about the dangers of prejudice and discrimination. On returning to their schools and local communities, students are required to disseminate what they have learned to their peers through a wide variety of activities and programmes.