Ensinar sobre o holocausto: uma proposta de visita ao Museu do Holocausto de Curitiba-PR.

Abstract

This research seeks to bring reflections on how teaching about the Holocaust can be considered, par excellence, teaching a sensitive historical theme. But, what can we consider sensitive within the teaching of history? This involves thinking how History Teaching has set up before sensitive themes and their use in the field of present history. Discussions that show a live past within the social representations that permeate contemporary society, and here the Nazi Holocaust as a central theme. Sensitive themes such as Holocaust in the history classroom allow students to think about conflicts and problems of the present time. Within their singularities, we have the uniqueness of the Holocaust, but starting from his educational premise he makes us think about today, a historical event that was humanly possible and that many of the mechanisms that engendered him still remain alive. The debate on sensitive issues in history teaching us makes us think paths that direct a more plural education and to give voice to students, to understand the connections between the past / present, thinking about building a fairer society and about human rights, and what genocides do not have more space. It is from this perspective that the visit to the Holocaust Museum of Curitiba, the first of Brazil focused on this theme, if effective. So, in order to realize the teachings obtained in the room and with the visit to the Museeal institution, it is that students will use the proposed paradidactic material: butterflies in the museum: the history of Jana Gofrit, as well as active participants in the process of construction of knowledge historic.