Témoins de la 2e Génération

Founded in 2001, Témoins de la 2e Génération is a non-profit association based in Diekirch, Luxembourg working on education, human rights.

Témoins de la 2e Génération is a Luxembourg-based non-profit association founded in 2001 that works to combat intolerance, racism, xenophobia and antisemitism. Its main activity is organising an annual educational study trip to Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland for Luxembourgish secondary school pupils, accompanied by their teachers and committee members. The trips include visits to the former camps, commemoration ceremonies, workshops and the discovery of Jewish life and culture in Oświęcim and Kraków. Since 2017 the association has also supported teacher training on Holocaust education with Yad Vashem and the IFEN. It also offers educational support, including with children of Shoah survivors, and publishes testimonies of survivors such as Chil Elberg and Rosa Ehrlich. The association is funded by donations and sponsors.