We see remembrance education(RE) as an important tool for shaping the attitudes of today's youth. This educational approach not only reminds key historical events(especially those that were accompanied by human rights violations,...genocides, wars),but also develops empathy and critical thinking.It leads to a deeper understanding of the importance of human rights and motivates young people to take active action,thus promoting the prevention of future tragedies and the formation of a diverse and respectful society.In this project,we aimed to open the topic of RE and introduce its educational principles to Slovak and Czech teachers.We wanted to highlight its importance and impact on the formation of young people's moral values and attitudes,and thus motivate teachers to actively use it in the educational process.We tried to develop their key competences necessary in RE. We believe that in this way we will be able to strengthen the voice of the young generation,who will be able to better understand the past and at the same time actively contribute to the development of democratic values in our society.We also believe that teachers,based on their own experience,will appreciate the benefits of RE and will actively use it in their work.
Since the beginning, Milan Šimečka Foundation has built its activities on the principles of remembrance education and points out the value of human stories -"small histories" - which form the basis of its educational programmes. In 1995, in cooperation with the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, the Foundation began researching and recording the testimonies of Jewish and Roma survivors of the Holocaust.This project became the basis for an educational program in which the Holocaust became a central theme. In 2005, in collaboration with Anne Frank House, the Foundation launched a traveling exhibition project about Anne Frank, which the authors later supplemented with stories of contemporary youth to connect the past with the present.These activities use remambrance education, which is also key to the Foundation's other educational activities. Although the principles of remembrance education have been present in the Foundation for a long time, we felt the need to approach and understand the principles of it in a European context, to define it in our conditions, to define how to develop its work in the future, and thus to gradually stabilise the concept not only among teachers but also in the teaching process itself.