Teaching 20th-Century Greek Jewish History and the Holocaust Athens & Chalkida, 2–4 November 2026

Teachers during a guided tour of the Etz Hayyim Synagogue in Athens, as part of the Centropa and Jewish Museum of Greece seminar held in 2024.

Centropa and the Jewish Museum of Greece, in cooperation with the General Secretariat for Religious Affairs of the Greek Ministry of Education, Religious Affairs and Sports, are organizing a three-day seminar for 25 secondary school teachers. Combining expert presentations, workshops, discussions and experiential learning, the seminar explores approaches to Holocaust education and the history of Greek Jews. Part of the seminar will take place in Chalkida, a city with a Jewish presence dating back to antiquity and home to important surviving Jewish heritage sites, including its historic cemetery.