As part of our commitment to mark Holocaust Memorial Day, a member of the SEJ team accompanied a school group on a trip to Auschwitz in 2011. Featured below is a first-hand account of his experience and the history of the Holocaust.
To help prepare pupils for what they will experience, the Holocaust Educational Trust runs an extensive preparation programme ahead of each visit.
So it was that a very well prepared group – of Holocaust Educational Trust staff and volunteer educators, pupils, teachers and invited guests – mostly journalists – gathered at Edinburgh Airport in the very early hours of a late autumn morning.
Auschwitz I was the first camp to open in 1940, and was primarily a concentration camp.
We visit the hospital block, where the now infamous camp Doctor, Joseph Mengele, carried out horrific medical experiments on camp inmates.
As part of our work celebrating Refugee Week 2026 the EIS will be sending a copy of our 'Mochara Goes to Nursery' resource to every local authority funded nursery in Scotland next week.
For more info on our welcome packs check out the EIS website:
https://www.eis.org.uk/welcome-to-scotland/mocharanursery
I was honoured to give a Civic Reception and Welcome speech at the 180th Annual General Meeting of the Educational Institute of Scotland (@EISUnion) which was held in the Caird Hall.
That concludes our #EISAGM26, a huge thank you to all our delegats, the staff at the Caird Hall and EIS staff.
