| 2018 |
Łochów
Maria Sadzewiczowa High School
Maria Sadzewiczowa High School
| 2018 |
Before the war, the Jewish community constituted nearly 40% of Łochów’s population, but almost no one survived the Holocaust. The first grade students from the Maria Sadzewiczowa High School decided to preserve the memory of the Jewish residents of their town. They organized a unique tour of Jewish sites for their peers focused on the local Jewish history. The tour took the form of a bike ride on the Łochów – Jadów – Łochów route (about 11 kilometers each way) and was held on June 12, 2018. During the ride, the students heard stories compiled by the project participants in the course of numerous interviews with witnesses to history.
They were looking at archival photographs and learning about everyday life and activities of Jews in Jadów and Łochów, as well as Jewish culture and tradition in general. A video summarizing the students’ participation in the School of Dialogue initiative, as well as interviews recorded with witnesses to history will keep the memory of the project alive.
School: Maria Sadzewiczowa High School
Honorable mention: Honorable mention at the 2018 School of Dialogue Gala in the “Discovering history” category
Students: 1st year
Teacher: Wojciech Laskowski
Educators: Ewelina Bartosik, Katarzyna Andrzejewska
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.
