(MyKeeneNow) The Cohen Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Keene State College is excited to announce its upcoming 2025 Study Tour, focused on International Human Rights in the Wake of the Holocaust. This unique educational journey, scheduled for March 13-22, 2025, offers participants a chance to explore key historical sites and understand the evolution of international justice systems.

Participants will travel to Nuremberg, Strasbourg, and The Hague, cities pivotal in the development of international legal frameworks and cooperative justice post-World War II. The tour aims to highlight how the Holocaust’s aftermath spurred new approaches to preventing and prosecuting atrocities.

Open to local educators, community members, elected officials, alumni, and Keene State faculty and staff, the tour is priced at $5,000 for shared accommodations and $5,750 for single rooms. Interested individuals are encouraged to enroll soon, as spaces are limited. For more information, prospective participants can email cohencenter@keene.edu.

Kate DeConinck, director of the Cohen Center, emphasized in a news release from the college the educational value of the tour, noting, “The study tour program provides a rare opportunity for experiential learning abroad with faculty experts. It’s an enriching experience not commonly available to community members, alumni, or others.”

The itinerary includes significant stops at the International Military Tribunal site in Nuremberg, where the foundations of international criminal law were established post-WWII. In Strasbourg, participants will visit the European Court of Human Rights, which interprets the European Convention on Human Rights. The journey concludes in The Hague with a visit to the International Criminal Court, the only permanent international court with jurisdiction over genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and crimes of aggression.

Alongside these educational visits, tour-goers will explore various historical and cultural sites, including the Nazi Kongresshalle, Strasbourg Cathedral, Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp, Memorial Alsace Moselle, and the Netherlands’ National Holocaust Museum in Amsterdam.

The Cohen Center will provide a group travel director to assist with logistics and offer optional pre-departure educational opportunities, such as special lectures and a book group tailored to participants’ interests.

“This trip has significant relevance to many global issues,” DeConinck added. “Past study tours have shown that these educational travel experiences greatly impact participants and, for educators, their classrooms and teaching.