| 2019 |
Wojsławice
Tadeusz Kościuszko Primary School
Tadeusz Kościuszko Primary School
| 2019 |
Wojsławice, formerly a town and currently a village, is located close to Chełm. Jews settled in Wojsławice earlier than in its neighboring towns: Lublin, Hrubieszów, Kazimierz Dolny and Chełm (it is estimated that the beginnings of their presence go back to early 16th century). Material traces of the Jewish community in Wojsławice include (among others) a brick synagogue, a former rabbi’s house and two cemeteries.
Primary school students who participated in the project prepared an outdoor game with QR codes. The game participants were given a plan of the village, a list of tasks, a score sheet and a crossword. The students waited for them at designated spots and gave them clues. Many of the tasks required creative use of smartphones. Following the game, the entire group gathered to light candles at the site of the mass execution of the Wojsławice Jews.
The outdoor game was a part of Jewish Culture Day, an event organized by the students for their peers. Participants of the event could obtain information necessary to complete some of the tasks in the game and listen to historical accounts of older villagers. Additionaly, a number of competitions were held, and some elements of Jewish culture were presented, including Jewish dance and cuisine.
Materials prepared by the participants of the project—the outdoor game, the script of Jewish Culture Day and a multimedia presentation—were published on the school’s website, for the use of future students.
School: Tadeusz Kościuszko Primary School
Students: 7th and 8th year
Teacher: Anna Błaszczuk
Educators: Małgorzata Kruszewska, Katarzyna Winiarska
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.
