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Holocaust Education in Digital Media

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The article aims to analyze the digital forms of education about Sinti and Roma persecution during World War II, its challenges. Digital media has increasingly become a valuable tool used by educators, academic lecturers in Holocaust, Genocide studies education, including the Sinti and Roma. The paper discusses various digital commemoration forms, digital mapping discovering historical sites online, virtual reality, its application in Holocaust education, digital storytelling, testimonials archives, digital archives, social media. Digital media, its application in Holocaust education might be challenging for educators. However, innovative technologies create a range of various educational tools, practices, diverse approaches, which might significantly improve the process of learning about the Holocaust, Genocide. Digital media has vast potential in Holocaust education. Using this framework allows for identifying, discussing digital media in education about the Sinti and Roma Genocide.

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  1. The General Kosciuszko Military University of Land Forces, 51-151, Wroclaw, Poland

    Marek Bodziany

  2. Department of History, University at Albany, State University of New York, 1400 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY, 12222, USA

    Justyna Matkowska

  3. Centre for Migration Studies, Adam Mickiewicz University of Poznan, Poznan, Poland

    Justyna Matkowska

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  2. University of Salerno, Fisciano, Italy

    Orlando Troisi

  3. University of Salerno, Fisciano, Italy

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Bodziany, M., Matkowska, J. (2023). Holocaust Education in Digital Media. In: Visvizi, A., Troisi, O., Grimaldi, M. (eds) Research and Innovation Forum 2022. RIIFORUM 2022. Springer Proceedings in Complexity. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-19560-0_36

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