Our research team was founded in 2016 at the University of Szeged, supported by Hungarian
Academy of Sciences. According to our credo, “fact-based” education development is
essential, as well as to embalm historical thinking and the collective historical
memory. Similarly, to other Central-Eastern European countries, several historical
events of the 20th century, such as the Holocaust, are unspoken today in Hungary and
rarely discussed in depth in education, which causes lots of frustration to the students
and teachers. In the present project, we argue that digital materials should be incorporated
into history teaching, which is especially important in the age of the digital generation.
Our research explores the application of digital materials, using video testimonies
of Holocaust survivors in formal education – and their impact on attitudes of the
students.
