Although the term «concentration camps» is often used to describe all Nazi camps, there were actually a number of different kinds of camps,
including transit camps, forced - labor camps, and death camps.
Following a preparatory weekend in Amsterdam,
including visitors to the Hollandsche Schouwburg in Amsterdam and the memorial at the site of the Westerbork
transit camp, at the end of December a group of nineteen teachers travelled to Israel, where they followed an intensive programme at Yad Vashem and the Ghetto Fighters» House Museum.