Dr. Melanie Carina Schmoll, PhD
Historian specialized in Holocaust Education
Research Fellow, lecturer, editor, author, speaker, advisor.
I am passionately curious!
Albert Einstein
Note for German readers - English content below
Vortrag in Hamburg
„Für Freiheit und Fortschritt gab ich alles hin!“
Dies schrieb der Freiheitskämpfer Robert Blum im Morgengrauen des 9. November 1848 an seine Gattin. Nur wenige Stunden später wurde er von einem Hinrichtungskommando in der Brigittenau, einem Vorort Wiens, standrechtlich erschossen. Am 03. September 2025, 18-20 Uhr, Bleicherhaus, Ohlsdorfer Straße 37,
22299 Hamburg spreche ich über den Kölner Robert Blum. Blum ließ sein Leben für einen deutschen Nationalstaat. Sein Tod gilt als Meilenstein der deutschen Demokratiegeschichte, zeigt er doch, wie weit Menschen bereits in den Anfängen unserer republikanischen Geschichte bereit waren zu gehen, um in Freiheit, Einigkeit und Demokratie zu leben (auf Deutsch).
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Porträt Robert Blum | Digitalisierung: Ehrenamtsgruppe HMP Speyer
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Current book:
Hatred of Jews - A Failure of Holocaust Education?
Melanie Carina Schmoll, PhD, German Historian and Holocaust Education expert who works as research fellow, author, editor, advisor, and speaker, published: “Hatred of Jews–A Failure of Holocaust Education?” on the possible failure of Holocaust education in light of the dramatic rise in hatred of Jews.
After years of working in Holocaust education not only as an academic and in the university environment but also in the public school system, Schmoll became also an author and consultant for academic and school teaching materials, both digital and traditional print. Based on her own academic research and the studies she has conducted, Schmoll also decided to become active in practice.
Schmoll knows firsthand that the existing teaching and learning materials in Holocaust education could often be improved, and that there are many approaches that would be helpful here–if only they were put into practice. Because of the massive increase in hatred of Jews worldwide, the question whether Holocaust education had failed increasingly arose.
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Publications
The book teaches academics and practitioners why and what to expect when teaching about the Holocaust. Content, outcome of Holocaust education, gaps in knowledge and the reasons for are examined. In comprehensible explanations, Schmoll shows the potential failures in Holocaust education and why the teaching of history still matters. Hatred of Jews–A Failure of Holocaust Education? bridges the gap between academic research and practical support for educators, teachers, and textbook publishers. A step-by-step guide helps on how to improve it in the future.
