ABSTRACT
The teaching of a historical event that is very close in time confronts teachers with several problems. The memory of the events is fresh and loaded with strong feelings and there is no broad historical perspective that would enable them to see and examine their full context. There are no papers, handbooks, and above all, no documentary collections that could be recommended to students for reference and an established methodology for the investigation of the topic is missing. Israeli universities faced these difficulties as well and until the end of the 1950s they did not teach the Holocaust. Time passed and no initiative to teach the Holocaust was forthcoming. There was a need for someone to push this issue through. In this context Dr Meir (Mark) Dworzecki made an important contribution.
