The ICHEIC Program for Holocaust Education in Europe
Seminar for Teachers from Austria July 10-23, 2010
Room: 1, Valley of the Communities Tentative
Saturday, July 10
..:.. Arrival at Airport Ben Gurion, transfer to Jerusalem Trip in and around the old city of Jerusalem
19:00 Check-in in the Shalom Hotel
Sunday, July 11 Yad Vashem – getting acquainted with the site and its concept
08:30-10:00 Opening of the seminar: Welcome and first orientation in Yad Vashem
Daniel Rozenga, European Department, ISHS, Yad Vashem 10:00-10:30 Break
10:30-12:00 The educational concept of the International School for Holocaust Studies N.N., European Department, ISHS, Yad Vashem,
12:00-14:30 Lunch Break + Individual exploration of the Yad Vashem campus only 14:30-14:45 Break
14:45-16:45 Guided Tour of the Yad Vashem campus: Warsaw Ghetto Square, Avenue of the Righteous, Hall of Remembrance, Memorial to the Deportees, Partisan Memorials, Children’s Memorial, etc.
N.N, European Department, ISHS, Yad Vashem
08:30-10:45 Jewish German Culture in the Modern Era before the Holocaust (Prof. Jacob Hessing, Hebrew University) ohne Literatur 90 + 45 min 10:45-11:15 Break
11:00-12:30 Headphone pick up and tour of the New Historical Museum 1 Daniel Rozenga, European Department, ISHS, Yad Vashem 12:30-14:00 Lunch break
14:00-16:00 Headphone pick up and tour of the New Historical Museum 2 Daniel Rozenga, European Department, ISHS, Yad Vashem 16:00-17:00 Break and Individual Visit of the New Historical Museum 17:00-18:00 Reflections, first impressions on the Museum’s concept Daniel Rozenga, European Department, ISHS,Yad Vashem
Tuesday, July 13 Racism and Anti-Semitism in the 19th and 20th Century – Prelude to Destruction
09:00-10:30 From Anti-Semitism to Nazi Ideology (Dr. Rafi Vago, Tel Aviv University) 10:30-11:00 Break
11:00-12:30 Persecution of the Jews in Nazi Germany, 1933-‘39 (Dr. Simcha Epstein, Hebrew University
12:30-13:30 Lunch Break
13:30-15:00 “Doch die Geschichte endete anders”
N.N, European Department, ISHS,Yad Vashem 15:00-15:30 Break
15:30-17:00 The Psycho-Social Impact of the Holocaust on Individual Victims Dr. Nathan Kellermann, Amcha
19.00 Evening with “Israeli Austrians”
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Wednesday, July 14 The Perpetrators, Bystanders and the Persecution of the Jews
08:30-10:00 “Everyday life in a Ghetto” A multi-disciplinary workshop presenting the daily life in the Ghetto through different media: historical photo’s, eyewitnesses’
accounts, movies and diaries.
N.N, European Department, ISHS, Yad Vashem 10:00-10:30 Break
10:30-12:30 “How was it humanly possible?” The grey zones between Perpetrators and Bystanders. The story of a deportation German Jews from Duesseldorf to Riga. A multi perspective workshop.
(N.N, European Department, ISHS, Yad Vashem) 12:30-13:30 Lunch break
13:30-15:00 “Operation Barbarossa”. A turning point in WW II: The beginning of “The Final Solution”
(Dr. Daniel Uziel, Yad Vashem Archives) 15:00-15:30 Break
15:30-17:00 Auschwitz Album- The Lilly Jacob Family- An historical picture Album workshop for high school students
N.N, ISHS, Yad Vashem 17:00-17:15 Break
17:15-17:45 Open discussion and reflections on the day
Daniel Rozenga, European Department, ISHS, Yad Vashem
Thursday, July 15 Good Practice Day
08:30-10:00 Pedagogical challenges in Holocaust Education of the 21st Century, a society without survivors. How do we teach Holocaust? An introduction of the ISHS concept for age appropriate teaching of the Holocaust
Dr. Noa Mkayton, European Department, ISHS, Yad Vashem 10:00-10:30 Break
10:30-12:00 Working in groups on different ISHS teaching units 1
- I wanted to fly like a butterfly. A tender account of the Holocaust through the eyes of a young survivor (for Elementary School and Junior High School students) (Noa Mkayton)
- Tommy. A multi disciplinary workshop on paintings of a father for his son in Ghetto Terezin (for all ages). (Noa Mkayton)
12:00-13:00 Lunch Break
13:00-14:30 Working in groups on different ISHS teaching units 2
- Marta. An account of a family story during the Holocaust through the eyes of Marta, a young girl (for Junior High School students) (Daniel Rozenga)
Dr, Noa Mkayton, Daniel Rozenga, Uriel Kashi, European Department, ISHS, Yad Vashem
14:30-15:30 Different approaches how to teach the Holocaust to young age pupils. A discussion on the ISHS Concept for age appropriate Holocaust Education.
Daniel Rozenga, European Department, ISHS, Yad Vashem 15:30-16:00 Break
16:00-17:30 A set of various methodogical approaches to teach the Shoah Shlomo Balsam,ISHS, Yad Vashem
Friday, July 16
Trip to the North
Saturday, July 17
Trip to the North
Sunday, July 18
08:00 Departure for Lochame
Seminar at the “Ghetto Fighters”, Center for Humanistic Studies Every seminar day in Ghetto Fighters Kibbutz starts at 08:30 Every seminar day in Ghetto Fighters Kibbutz finishes at 17:30
Monday, July 19
Visit the “Ghetto Fighters” Kibbutz
Tuesday, July 20
Visit the “Ghetto Fighters” Kibbutz
Wednesday, July 21
08:00
Off to Tel Aviv
Program in Tel Aviv: Gideon Eckhaus, Club for former Austrians; Bauhaus-Tour
19:00 Off to Jerusalem
20:00 Check in at the Shalom Hotel
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Thursday, July 22 The Aftermath
08:30-10:00 Righteous among the Nations
A multi-disciplinary workshop on three different cases of rescuing Jews during the Holocaust
N.N, European Department, ISHS, Yad Vashem 10:00-10:30 Break
10:30-12:00 Holocaust and Genocides – Holocaust and Genocides (Prof. Yehuda Bauer, Yad Vashem)
12:00-13:15 Lunch Break and purchasing books
13:15-16:15 Workshop with survivors: (Naftali Fürst, N.N, N.N) 13:15-13:45 Introduction
13:45-15:45 Meeting with the survivors
15:45-16:15 Evaluation of the meeting with the survivors Daniel Rozenga, European Department, ISHS, Yad Vashem 16:15-16:30 Break
16:30-18:00 The Impact of Trans-Generational-Transmission of War Experiences Dr. Nathan Kellermann, Amcha
20:00 Farewell Dinner
Friday, July 23
09:00-10:30 Hunting down Nazi War Criminals.
Dr. Efraim Zuroff, Simon Wiesenthal Center, Jerusalem 10:30-11:00 Break
11:00-12:00 Conclusion of the Seminar
Daniel Rozenga, European Department, ISHS, Yad Vashem 12:00 Departure for the Ben Gurion Airport
..:.. Departure for Vienna. Flight no OS …..
