Teresa Jabłońska, an activist of Forum for Dialogue Network started her project introducing students from Września schools to the rich Jewish history and heritage of the region in 2021. This year, together with the Września Children Foundation and a wide supporting coalition of local school teachers and institutions, she organized lessons and workshops on Jewish culture, followed by an interactive walking tour of the history of Jews in Września for 130 students from 5 schools. Older students from 4 local high schools took part in classes on the Holocaust in preparation for the following study visits to three memorial sites, the Martyrological Museums in Poznań and Żabików, as well as the Museum of the Former German Kulmhof Death Camp.

Photos by Tomasz Małecki

“History and Culture of Jewish Września. Young People in Sites of Memory” project by Teresa Jabłońska and the Children of Września Foundation was co-financed by Forum for Dialogue as a part of 2023 Grant Competition.

In 2023, the program for activists belonging to Forum for Dialogue Network, including grants and scholarships, is financed thanks to the generosity of Friends of the Forum, LEDOR WADOR Foundation, United States Commission for the Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad, and individual donors and institutions from Poland and abroad supporting Forum for Dialogue. Scholarships for personal development are possible thanks to The David and Anna Dlugie Kliger Scholarship Fund.