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| A project taking thousands of English teenagers to visit Auschwitz is to be funded for another three years, says the government. | A project taking thousands of English teenagers to visit Auschwitz is to be funded for another three years, says the government. |
| Two sixth formers from every school in England are currently funded to visit Auschwitz in Poland, to encourage an understanding of the Holocaust. | Two sixth formers from every school in England are currently funded to visit Auschwitz in Poland, to encourage an understanding of the Holocaust. |
| The project will receive an extra £4.65m to extend it until 2011. | The project will receive an extra £4.65m to extend it until 2011. |
| "Every young person should have an understanding of this," says Schools Minister Jim Knight. | "Every young person should have an understanding of this," says Schools Minister Jim Knight. |
| The project, in which 6,000 teenagers per year spend a day visiting the Auschwitz camp and meeting survivors of the Holocaust, was launched in 2005. | The project, in which 6,000 teenagers per year spend a day visiting the Auschwitz camp and meeting survivors of the Holocaust, was launched in 2005. |
| 'Eye-witnesses' | 'Eye-witnesses' |
| The government provides £200 funding for each pupil, with schools expected to contribute a further £100. | The government provides £200 funding for each pupil, with schools expected to contribute a further £100. |
| Mr Knight, extending the funding, says that the "Holocaust was one of the most significant events in world history". | Mr Knight, extending the funding, says that the "Holocaust was one of the most significant events in world history". |
| "Six million people died not for what they had done but simply for who they were. | "Six million people died not for what they had done but simply for who they were. |
| "What strikes me is the sheer scale of it and how industrialised and mechanised the process of killing people became at Auschwitz. | "What strikes me is the sheer scale of it and how industrialised and mechanised the process of killing people became at Auschwitz. |
| "It was not hot-blooded brutality, it happened in a very planned way, with some people designing the process of death and others carrying it out," said Mr Knight. | "It was not hot-blooded brutality, it happened in a very planned way, with some people designing the process of death and others carrying it out," said Mr Knight. |
| A pupil who took part in a visit last year, Rachael Saffer, from Queenswood School in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, described her reactions: "It has been difficult. As much as I want to look, I really find it hard to. | A pupil who took part in a visit last year, Rachael Saffer, from Queenswood School in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, described her reactions: "It has been difficult. As much as I want to look, I really find it hard to. |
| "It does strike a lot of buried emotions I didn't think I would grasp by coming here," she said. | "It does strike a lot of buried emotions I didn't think I would grasp by coming here," she said. |
| The scheme is run by the Holocaust Educational Trust - and the trust's chief executive, Karen Pollock, says that the trip makes the young visitors "eye-witnesses" to what happened during the Second World War. | |
| The experience can be "life changing", she says. "They suddenly realise what they value and they see it is important to challenge prejudice today." | The experience can be "life changing", she says. "They suddenly realise what they value and they see it is important to challenge prejudice today." |