Abstract
Memorial site pedagogy is a term describing the practice and theory of historico-poli-tical education in museums in former nazi concentration camps. It combines gaining and deepening historical knowledge on the topic of World War II with self-development and shaping socially desirable attitudes, through usage of non-formal educational methods. Pedagogy of memorial sites aims at, among other things, learning tolerance and respect for diversity and shaping refl ective and active members of society. It offers an answer to the needs of contemporary European societies in the area of strengthening democratic attitudes.
Highlights
The history of Europe in the 20th century was marked by two world wars and two totalitarian systems: communism and national socialism
Some articles describing memorial site pedagogy or education at former concentration camps have appeared in a bulletin “Past and Memory” (Kranz 2003b, p. 9), which is published by the Fight and Martyrdom Memory Protection Council
Some studies suggest that “memorial site pedagogy” and “memorial pedagogy” are identical (Kranz 2005, p. 171), which results in them being used interchangeably. These ambiguities may appear due to the fact, that the terminology in the field of memorial site pedagogics is translated from German language
Summary
The history of Europe in the 20th century was marked by two world wars and two totalitarian systems: communism and national socialism. A new field of educational work, unknown until was naturally born in this area - the pedagogy of memorial sites. Some articles describing memorial site pedagogy or education at former concentration camps have appeared in a bulletin “Past and Memory”
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