| 2018 |
Białe Błota
Juliusz Verne Primary School
Juliusz Verne Primary School
| 2018 |
The 7th grade students from Juliusz Verne Primary School in Białe Błota have joined the School of Dialogue program in 2018. Since the Jewish community in their town was really small (with only two confirmed individuals living there in the 19th century) and left no tangible traces, the students decided to organize the “First School Veyse Blote Festival” instead of the usual walking tour of the Jewish sites. Their goal was to introduce participants to Jewish culture and tradition in Poland. The festival, which included a picnic, took place on June 13, and there were as many as 120 people in attendance.
At a number of festival stalls participants learned about, among others, the Yiddish language, Jewish cuisine (they could try challah), music and dance, costumes (from medieval to modern times), Jewish holidays, and the history of Jews in the nearby city of Bydgoszcz. Parents and school authorities supported the students in all their activities. The school also managed to secure financial assistance from sponsors – local entrepreneurs. The plan was to make the Festival a fixture in the school calendar.
School: Julisz Verne Primary School
Students: 7th year
Teacher: Ewa Jakubowska
Educators: Szymon Gotowski, Agnieszka Zawiślak
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.
