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Opening Hours:

Sunday to Thursday: ‬09:00-17:00

Fridays and Holiday eves: ‬09:00-14:00

Yad Vashem is closed on Saturdays and all Jewish Holidays.

Entrance to the Holocaust History Museum is not permitted for children under the age of 10. Babies in strollers or carriers will not be permitted to enter.

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Teaching about Auschwitz through Art

Educators often approach Holocaust study from a historical point of view, deepening their students’ knowledge and understanding through the use of survivor testimonies, classroom discussions, films, books, and other disciplines. However, teachers may find that the world of art offers their students another path to processing this difficult and complex subject matter.

This learning environment presents a way to use art from and about Auschwitz in teaching the subject to your students.
In order to use art as a tool to teach about Auschwitz, the teacher does not have to be an expert in the field. Exploring each painting, looking in detail at what's represented in it and appreciating its artistic elements, together with the study of the context in which it was created and the questions each artwork raises, deepen our understanding of the Holocaust in general, and enable us to view Auschwitz as the human experience that that it was.

Note to the teacher: 
In preparation to using art as an educational tool in learning about Auschwitz, teachers and students should familiarize themselves with the subject of Auschwitz and Art in/from Auschwitz.

Art as Evidence  

Art as Evidence

Portraits  

Portraits

Art as a Way to Record  

Art as a Way to Record

Art as a Means of Conveying  

Art as a Means of Conveying

Art as Testimony by a Liberator  

Art as Testimony by a Liberator

Resources  

Resources
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