Projects for Teachers

On February 9, 2017 “Beit Chana” International Humanitarian Pedagogical Institute hosted interactive session for future teachers conducted by Dr. Igor Shchupak, director of “Tkuma” Institute and the Holocaust Museum. During the session “Lessons of the Holocaust, Lessons of History and Problems of Unlearnt Lessons” the main attention was paid to the psychology of people during World War II and the Holocaust, in particular, when getting into the Nazi concentration and death camps. Participants talked about the features of human behavior, participation in the resistance - both armed and spiritual. How did prisoners of concentration camps act? Could the people, who were to be shot, resist the Nazi policy of humiliation and extermination? These and other issues were under active discussion.

Special attention was given to prominent figures of psychologist Bruno Bettelheim, who had has long been a prisoner of the concentration camps of Dachau and Buchenwald. He was the author of articles and books on the psychological aspects of human existence and survival in Nazi concentration camps.

Lively discussion and active participation in discussions showed considerable interest of young people to the subject.