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Shoah Education: The Indian Scenario

Mehak Burza

Vol. 4, No. 1

Summer 2022

Pages: 46‒58

DOI: 10.33929/sherm.2022.vol4.no1.04

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Abstract

Holocaust Studies

Shoah, Holocaust, Judaism, Jewish Studies, Holocaust Studies, Anti-Judaism, Partition of India, Dissemination

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India represents a country that was neither directly affected nor involved with the Holocaust. As the timeline of the Holocaust overlaps the timeline of the struggle for freedom for the Indian subcontinent, the later events overshadow the former. Holocaust education is neither mandatory nor prevalent in India. Equating the partition of India with the Holocaust and tagging the Holocaust as one of the genocides, represents one of the few misconceptions about the Holocaust in India that often strips off the uniqueness of the catastrophic event. My article describes the present status of Holocaust education in schools and universities. The survey stems from the standard books used in Indian schools and my personal experience as an educator. The article not only articulates the need of creating awareness regarding the Holocaust in India but also traces a few examples, which illuminate the fact that India proved a haven for Jewish refugees during the Holocaust. The need of the hour is to recognize such connections, which would serve as the appropriate entry wedges to create awareness regarding Holocaust education in India.

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