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A Model for Empathetic Communication in Adult Education in History Museums and Memorial Sites”
11th August 2023
Muzealnicy z Polski, Łotwy, Macedonii i Francji dzielą się swoimi doświadczeniami z pracy z wykorzystaniem modelu Porozumienia bez Przemocy.
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Warsaw. Final seminar within the project “Nonviolent Communication Approach in Adult Education in Historical Museums and Memorial Sites”
29th May 2023
The project “Nonviolent Communication Approach in Adult Education in Historical Museums and Memorial Sites” is entering its final phase.
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Audio guide “Extermination Camp Treblinka II” in German
5th December 2022
Audio guide educational path Extermination Camp Treblinka II now available in German!
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About the project
Shtetl became a symbol of Jewish life before the Holocaust. The clusters of wooden houses marked by mezuzahs, shops, schools and synagogues for a busy week resounded with Yiddish so that on Friday evening the inhabitants could celebrate the Sabbath, engulfing in the smell of kugel and cholent and in the sounds of niguns. By writing down their history in the Virtual Shtetl we want to pay homage to the constellations of Jewish towns in the lands of the former Polish Commonwealth.
Anti-Jewish Pogroms in Summer 1941
In the summer of 1941, after the German attack on the USSR, a wave of pogroms against Jews swept through the rear of the Eastern Front.
The Underground Archive of the Białystok Ghetto
The archive was founded on the initiative of Mordechaj Tenenbaum, co-founder of the Jewish Combat Organisation..
Moshe Goldszmidt' story about his life in Bialystok
Polish Roots in Israel: Moshe Goldszmidt life and German occupation in Bialystok