«The Holocaust as a starting point» in Thessaloniki from October 31 to November 2, 2025.   

«What is «The Holocaust as a starting point»?

The "Shoah as a starting point" program is a device initiated by the Shoah Memorial in 2015 which aims to bring together, on a regional or national scale, teacher communities with divergent historical narratives.

It is declined this year in 14 European training courses divided into two levels beginner and advanced. The network is made up of about thirty partners: ministries of national education, teachers' associations, museums, etc.

Training in Thessaloniki

This edition between Greece and North Macedonia brought together from 31 October to 2 November 30 teachers from both countries in Thessaloniki. The training was co-organized by the Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs of Greece, the Jewish Memorial of North Macedonia and the Shoah Memorial.

In addition to the deepening of knowledge about the Holocaust in the region, the work focused particularly on the Greek civil war and Jewish life in Thessaloniki.

The pedagogical workshops allowed, on the one hand, teachers to express themselves on the difficulties related to the teaching of the Shoah, and on the other hand, to develop new methods of teaching the Shoah.

This operation was co-financed by the Claims Conference and Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF).