A seminar on teaching the history of the Holocaust in schools and universities was held in the North Caucasus with the support of the EAJC

In late September, several cities in the North Caucasus hosted the 17th annual seminar "Holocaust Lessons: The Path to Tolerance" for teachers of Jewish schools in the CIS and regional representatives of the Holocaust Center. The seminar was organized by the "Holocaust" Research and Educational Center and the International Research and Educational Center for the History of the Holocaust and Genocides of the Russian State University for the Humanities, with the support of the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress.

Thirty educators, researchers, museum professionals, and NGO representatives from 17 Russian regions, as well as the Republic of Belarus and Moldova, traveled to Beslan, Kislovodsk, Pyatigorsk, and Mineralnye Vody.

The seminar commenced with a visit to the "City of Angels" and School No. 1 in Beslan. A memorial ceremony was held there in remembrance of the victims of the terrorist attack of September 1u20133, 2004.

Over the subsequent days, participants paid tribute to the victims of the mass extermination of Jews during the Great Patriotic War at memorial sites in Kislovodsk, Pyatigorsk, and Mineralnye Vody. On September 29, the anniversary of the Babi Yar tragedy, Emil Genrikhovich Ziegel addressed the participants at the Holocaust memorial in Mineralnye Vody (erected in 2019). A veteran of the Great Patriotic War and a Guard Colonel, Mr. Ziegel narrowly escaped death in 1942, when his parents perished at the site.

The seminar featured panel sessions and roundtables focused on preserving the memory of child victims of terror and addressing the challenges of Holocaust memorialization. Participants presented their experiences in researching and teaching Holocaust history in primary, secondary, and higher education, engaged with exemplary pedagogical practices and methodologies, and were invited to contribute to the educational, archival, and research initiatives of the Holocaust Center.