Training seminar: "The Shoah in the Balkans"

From 25 to 28 April, a training seminar for teachers on the mass crimes of the Second World War in the Balkans was held at the Historical Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) in Sarajevo.

The Shoah Memorial brought together 65 teachers from Serbia, Croatia, Macedonia and Bosnia, in partnership with the educational authorities of the concerned states. Benefiting from the expertise of 15 renowned European historians, the participants attempted to identify a common narrative on the Holocaust in the Balkans, on local responsibilities and on mass atrocities committed between 1941 and 1945.

The work was opened jointly by the ambassadors of France and Germany. This programme was supported by the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The Shoah Memorial has initiated for two years transnational projects in Europe, bringing together each year teachers from 14 countries in 5 regional seminars. The next event of this cycle will be held in 2018 in Skopje.