UNESCO warns of alarming rise in antisemitism and Holocaust denial in classrooms across the EU

Nadia Massih is pleased to welcome Heather Mann, Project Officer at UNESCO’s Section for Global Citizenship and Peace Education. On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Ms. Mann shares her findings of an extensive UNESCO report, a year in the making, on antisemitism in European schools. Based on surveys with roughly 2,000 teachers across the EU, UNESCO is calling is for structured teacher training and targeted educational resources to confront both historical understanding and contemporary manifestations of antisemitism.