Think sectarianism and racism are new?

Now the new North East PEACE III Holocaust Educational Project is offering FREE places to people interested in learning more about the experiences endured in the camps and how these relate to sectarianism and racism today.

The Holocaust Educational Project is funded under the European Union’s PEACE III Programme which is managed on behalf of the Special EU Programmes Body by the North East PEACE III Partnership.

The project is currently seeking applications from 80 participants across the North East Council areas of Ballymena, Ballymoney, Coleraine, Limavady, Larne and Moyle to attend a series of workshops on prejudice, stereotyping, life in Nazi Germany and the Holocaust. There is an opportunity for 60 of these participants to take part in a funded 5-day educational study visit to Poland including visits to the concentration camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau to gain an appreciation and deeper knowledge on the impact of the Holocaust.

The aim of this new project is to bring an innovative and alternative perspective to informing participants about sectarianism and racism by exploring anti-Semitism and discrimination leading up to and during WWII.

Applications are available on both the North East PEACE III website at www.northeastpeace.com and Springboard’s website at www.springboard-opps.org. Closing date for applications to this once in a lifetime experience is 29th March 2013.