Rethinking Holocaust Education hackathon
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The Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum
and The Ghetto Fighters' House Museum
7-10 September 2025
The Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum and the Ghetto Fighters' House Museum are thrilled to invite you to the inaugural seminars & hackathon Rethinking Holocaust Education. This unique program originates from our current need to pause and re-evaluate Holocaust education in a changing world. It offers a dedicated space to explore new directions, shape forward-thinking approaches, and build a strong collaborative network.
A key highlight is the Hackathon, an intensive and dynamic experience where small groups will work in brainstorming sessions, guided by experienced mentors, to tackle real-world challenges. This is a year-long program that begins online in late spring in 2025, followed by an on-site seminar at the The Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum from September 7 to 10, 2025. The next phase consists of a year of online collaborative engagement to keep developing the projects initiated during the first seminar. It will culminate in a four-day seminar at the Ghetto Fighters' House Museum during September 2026.
the hackathon challenges
This is the list of challenges that were chosen for the hackathon during the early stages of the project.
Challenge # 1
How can we preserve and increase the impact of Holocaust education when so much time has passed?
Challenge # 2
How might Holocaust education respond to rising contemporary antisemitism and serve as an effective tool in combating it?
Challenge # 3
How can we make Holocaust education relevant for all?
Challenge # 4
How do we emphasize particularistic Jewish elements - but also universal human lessons of the Holocaust?
Challenge # 5
In what ways can Holocaust education remain authentic without witnesses?
Challenge # 6
How might we respond to Holocaust distortion?