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This is a qualitative study based on interviews with 56 German history teachers working in different upper secondary schools in Baden-Württemberg. The author asks whether the theme of National Socialism is considered to be a normal topic in history teaching for contemporary German teachers or if they view it as key problem for education in schools. He therefore tries to reconstruct teachers’ images of history and their subjective theories concerning the treatment of National Socialism in history education. Among history teachers of the third generation the author distinguishes between three ideal types which he believes reflect different attitudes to society’s and the schools’ treatment of the Nazi period. He also identifies six different ideal types in terms of educational concepts concerning teaching about the Holocaust.

The above abstract is taken from the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance Education Research Project. Please also consult the full list of abstracts in 15 languages and the accompanying publication Research in Teaching and Learning about the Holocaust: A Dialogue Beyond Borders.

Ed: IHRA, Monique Eckmann, Doyle Stevick, Jolanta Ambrosewicz-Jacobs, 2017, Metropol Verlag at http://www.holocaustremembrance.com/publications.