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Holocaust Education Course

Event details
Date Time
20 Jul 2026 7:00 pm
End Time
14 Sep 2026 9:00 pm
Type
Education Course
Cost
General admission $360 | Concession/MHM volunteer/Teacher $270
Format
Course
Venue
Melbourne Holocaust Museum, Elsternwick - address provided on registration
Starts in: days hrs mins
About this event

Please join us for our nine-week Holocaust Education Course.

This course, running over a series of nine consecutive Monday evenings, spans the history of the Holocaust from the 19th century through to the liberation of the camps and return to life. Each evening will run from 7-9pm with coffee and tea provided.

The course will be facilitated by MHM Manager of Community and Corporate Programs Dr Simon Holloway, MHM Head of Exhibitions & Storytelling Dr Daniel Haumschild, and MHM Co-President Sue Hampel OAM. Each evening will be dedicated to a particular theme:

  • July 20 – The World That Was
  • July 27 – From the Cross to the Swastika
  • August 3 – The Rise and Fall of German and Austrian Jewry
  • August 10 – Death and Life in the Nazi Ghettos
  • August 17 – Life Unworthy of Life: The Origins of the Final Solution
  • August 24 – The Concentration Camp Universe
  • August 31 – By Any Means Available: Jewish Resistance in the Holocaust
  • September 7 – Survey of Non-Jewish Responses
  • September 14 – Liberation, Return to Life, Memorialisation and Research

If you have any further questions about the course, please contact simon.holloway@mhm.org.au for further information.

Please register in advance and secure a place.

Image | Prisoners head south on a Death March from Dachau concentration camp; Gruenwald, Germany, 29 April, 1945. Courtesy of Yad Vashem.

Please note this course may be recorded for our institutional archive.

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