| 2019 |
Siedlce
Holy Queen Jadwiga High School with Bilingual Divisions No. 2
Holy Queen Jadwiga High School with Bilingual Divisions No. 2
| 2019 |
Highschool students from Siedlce set up a Facebook fanpage devoted to local Jewish history, which they named „Po śladach” [Following traces] as well as conducted a walking tour through sites related to this history. The fanpage includes a virtual map with the tour’s itinerary and descriptions of all stops on the route. Students prepared for the tour in two ways. One the one hand, they collected information during School of Dialogue workshops, through their own archive searches and through conversations with their grandparents about what they knew and remembered. Students also met with a journalist who writes about local Jewish history. On the other hand, students decided to check what locals know about Jewish history and culture. The tour they organized was advertised in local press and in person during Stanisławowski fair.
The tour was long and included many stops along the way. Participants were most moved by the visit to the former ghetto area, where young tour guides recited a poem by Antoni Słonimski and lit up cemetery candles. Senior residents attending the tour shared their memories and explained why it is so important for young people to be interested in past events. Students were also able to locate what probably is the last house in Siedlce with an intact mezuzah and a plaque naming its Jewish owners (ul.Szkolna 27).
School: Holy Queen Jadwiga High School with Bilingual Divisions No. 2
Honorable mention: Winner at 2019 School of Dialogue Gala in the “Innovation” category
Students: 1st and 2nd year
Teacher: Małgorzata Kotarska
Educators: Ewelina Bartosik, Stanisław Niemojewski
Project cofinanced thanks to the generosity of Friends of the Forum, Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany and individual donors and institutions from Poland and abroad supporting Forum for Dialogue.
In appreciation to the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference) for supporting the School of Dialogue educational program. Through recovering the assets of the victims of the Holocaust, the Claims Conference enables organizations around the world to provide education about the Shoah and to preserve the memory of those who perished.
