29.11.2013
Students get familiar with their common history – a project by museums in Bełżec and Sobibór
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On November 27, 2013, young people from the Complex of Schools No. 6 and Lower Secondary School in Lubycza Królewska, as well as from the Complex of Vocational Schools and the 2nd Secondary School in Włodawa took part in a project aiming at commemoration of the victims of German death camps.
The first part of the project was held at the Museum of the Former Death Camp in Sobibór, where young people were guided through the grounds of the Museum and were familiarized with the history of German camps in Bełżec and Sobibór in an interactive way. It is strictly connected with the fates of Jewish from the towns where the pupils’ schools are located. During their stay in Sobibór, the students were also able to see, how the archeological survey is conducted. The classes finished with music and word performance by students from the schools in Lubycza Królewska. Apart from that the participants visited the synagogue in Włodawa learnt about Jewish customs and culture. The second stage of the project will ne held in Bełżec next spring.
The meeting was possible thanks to the financial support by the German Association Bildungswerk Stanislaw Hantz e.V. from Kassel.
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