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Bridget Phillipson, centre, listens to survivor Mala Tribich
September 25, 2024, 2:30 am
Education Secretary visibly moved as 94-year-old survivor recalls Nazi horror
Bridget Phillipson heard survivor Mala Tribich's story at Holocaust Educational Trust event at Labour conference
By Lee Harpin
Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks at the Holocaust Education Trust appeal dinner.
September 16, 2024, 8:54 pm
Starmer: My national curriculum review will see all schools teach Holocaust
Prime minister tells Holocaust Educational Trust dinner: 'Just as I fought to bring my party back from the abyss of antisemitism, I will do the same in leading the country'
By Lee Harpin
Lily Ebert speaking at a Holocaust Educational Trust dinner
September 13, 2024, 10:51 am
OPINION: Finding hope in a new generation
As we approach the anniversary of 7 October the words of the Hatikvah ring truer than ever, writes Karen Pollock
By Karen Pollock
Testimony 360 at school - Students interact with Manfred's virtual testimony Pic: PR Handout HET
June 20, 2024, 10:31 am
‘Immortalising survivors’: The tech that will ensure Holocaust testimony lives on
'I have spoken to thousands of pupils over the years - perhaps now I will make it millions'. Testimony 360 allows UK school pupils to interact with survivor Manfred Goldberg
By Michelle Rosenberg
Testimony-360-at-school-Manfred-Goldberg-interacts-with-his-virtual-testimony. PR Handout - HET
June 20, 2024, 10:22 am
OPINION: The ‘miracle’ of using technology to safeguard the stories of Holocaust survivors
Manfred Goldberg is the virtual reality face of a revolutionary educational programming tool. He describes it as ‘close to magic’. HET's Karen Pollock couldn't agree more
By Karen Pollock
Gillian Keegan on visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau
March 22, 2024, 11:00 am
Education secretary tells of ‘deeply moving and troubling’ Auschwitz visit
Gillian Keegan joins post-16 students from schools across the West Midlands on the trip as part of the Holocaust Educational Trust’s Lessons from Auschwitz Project
By Lee Harpin
Michael Morpurgo with Anne Frank Trust UK ambassadors. 18th January, 2024, London Hilton Park Lane. Pic: Michelle Rosenberg
January 22, 2024, 6:19 pm
Three schools postpone Holocaust educational partnership with Anne Frank Trust
The unnamed schools cited 'local community tensions' since 7 October for programme withdrawal
By Michelle Rosenberg
Karen Pollock speaks at HET Westminster reception
January 18, 2024, 11:40 am
This year when we say ‘never again’ we have to mean it, says HET chief
Communities Secretary Michael Gove, Labour leader Keir Starmer and Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle delivered impassioned speeches at the Holocaust Educational Trust's Westminster reception
By Lee Harpin
Jeremy Hunt delivers Autumn Statement (Parliament TV)
November 22, 2023, 1:18 pm
New funding of up to £7m to tackle antisemitism
Jeremy Hunt's pledge covers spending over three years to communal groups such as Holocaust Educational Trust to tackle Jew hate in schools and universities
By Lee Harpin
Education Secretary Gillian Keegan has revealed plans to visit Auschwitz for the first time in 2024
September 12, 2023, 10:25 am
Education secretary Gillian Keegan announces visit to Auschwitz
Gillian Keegan shared details of the trip on Monday evening during her keynote speech at the Holocaust Educational Trust annual dinner in north London.
By Richard Ferrer
Holocaust survivor and educator Frank Bright MBE passed away 16 August 2023 at the age of 94. Pic: Holocaust Educational Trust.
September 1, 2023, 11:24 am
Beloved Holocaust orphan Frank Bright dies, aged 94
Born in Berlin in 1928, Frank survived Auschwitz as a teenager. He was awarded an MBE in Queen Elizabeth II's final New Year's Honours List.
By Michelle Rosenberg
Group picture of those at the Ambassador conference, July 2023
July 10, 2023, 2:09 pm
Hundreds of young people join the Holocaust Educational Trust’s ambassador conference
Participants encouraged to mark 10 years of the programme by taking 10 actions to further their Holocaust education and journey
By Michelle Rosenberg
Ernest and Anita Simon, credit: AJR
February 6, 2023, 11:02 am
Holocaust survivor Ernest Simon passes away, aged 92
Austrian Kindertransport refugee who witnessed Kristallnacht was "erudite and kindly gentleman who will be fondly remembered."
By Michelle Rosenberg
Robert Halfon addresses HET parliamentary reception
January 11, 2023, 9:53 pm
Education minister: ‘People have got to stop using Israel as excuse for antisemitism’
Robert Halfon MP told a packed HET parliamentary reception of the vital need for Holocaust education adding; 'I believe it is my duty as a Jewish person to also teach about other nation's genocides.'
By Lee Harpin
Janine Webber was among those supporting the campaign
October 6, 2021, 4:50 pm
More than £1m raised for HET fundraiser to protect future of Shoah education
Donors give generously to make sure survivor testimony is never forgotten in Holocaust Educational Trust campaign.
By Josh Salisbury
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