1st edition

Seminar in Germany and Poland for multiplicators from Poland, Germany and Israel “Righteous Among the Nations. Peace and justice in international youth work.”

July 4th – July 14th 2005 (Berlin, Wrocław)

Main aim: To create a workshop scenario basing on stories of Righteous that can be used in teaching about civil courage and human rights.

Content: Eighteen youth workers met for ten days and took part in workshops, visited memorial places and listened to eye witnesses. The stories of Righteous and Survivors were an inspiration for creating a workshop scenario, which aims at teaching high school students about the Holocaust, phenomenon of Righteous, tolerance and civil courage. Afterwards the participants developed and implemented the workshop in their home countries.

Workshops for high school students: Righteous yesterday and today.

January – March 2006 (Wrocław)

Main aim: To use the workshop scenario in our educational work

Content: Polish participants of the seminar run 17 workshops in Wrocław for different groups of pupils aged 14-18. Similar workshops were also conducted in Poznań, Warsaw and Berlin.

Seminar in Israel.

April 21st– April 30th 2006 (Haifa, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv)

Main aim: To evaluate experiences we gained while implementing the workshop scenario

Content: The youth workers discussed their experiences with the workshop, as well as its possible improvements and ideas for further implementation. Furthermore, they took part in the Holocaust Memorial Day, visited Yad Vashem, and met with survivors. One of them was Arieh Nativ, rescued by the Wołosiański couple.