A message to Students

Welcome to the Ivor Perl BEM Holocaust Education Course.

Ivor was just 12 years old when he arrived at the gates of Auschwitz II-Birkenau. Through a series of miracles, he survived.

Ivor’s experience is not only a lesson about what can happen when hatred is allowed to spread. It is also an inspiring example of how someone who suffered unimaginable loss went on to rebuild his life and find happiness in the country where he arrived as a 14-year-old refugee.

Before you begin the following activities, take some time to look at our timeline and think about how the terrible events of the Holocaust unfolded over a relatively short period of human history.