Every Name Counts

The # everynamecounts initiative is very well suited to addressing the effects of Nazi persecution in the classroom and in extracurricular learning environments. The project captures students’ attention, gives them methodological skills for working with archival sources, promotes exploratory learning and prompts discussions about the scale of the persecution. We provide a variety of supporting materials for this:

Digital introduction

Students can first independently complete a 10-15 minute digital introduction which uses an archival document and individual biography to give them a basic understanding of the history of Nazi persecution. A practical exercise teaches them how to correctly record data in the # everynamecounts project (“indexing”).
The introduction is available in five languages: English, French, Polish, Spanish and German.

Click here for the digital introduction

Additional material

We also provide additional useful documents for working with # everynamecounts in the classroom:

Short guide: How can you incorporate the project into your educational work? We have put together a guide for using the project in a flexible, scalable way, ranging from a single lesson to a short project day.

Annotated index: Information about the documents and images used in the introduction. We also share tips on where and how students can conduct further research.

All materials can be downloaded for free from our website.

Do you need more material or advice on using # everynamecounts for educational work? Send us an email at enc@arolsen-archives.org!