The ICHEIC Program for Holocaust Education in Europe
Seminar for Teachers from Austria July 5-18, 2008
Room: Ostfeld Hall (6. to 11.7.) and Room 17 (13.-18.7.) Tentative
Saturday, July 5 Arrival at airport Ben Gurion, transfer to Jerusalem, Guided Jerusalem Tour (luggage stays in the bus) check- in
in the Shalom Hotel
Sunday, July 6 Yad Vashem – getting acquainted with the site and it 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,
12:00-13:00 Lunch Break
13:00-14:30 Individual exploration of the Yad Vashem campus only 14:30-14:45 Break
14:45-16:15 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.
Daniel Rozenga, European Department, ISHS, Yad Vashem 16:15-16:45 Break
16:45-17:30 Reflection on the concept of Yad Vashem
Daniel Rozenga, European Department, ISHS, Yad Vashem
Monday, July 7 Historical aspects of Jewish life before and during the Holocaust 09:00-10:30 Learning about the prewar Jewish European culture and life
N.N., Yad Vashem 10:30-11:00 Break
11:00-12:30 Jewish German Culture in the Modern Era before the Holocaust (Prof. Jacob Hessing, Hebrew University)
12:30-13:30 Lunch break
13:30-15:30 Headphone pick up and tour of the New Historical Museum N.N., European Department, ISHS, Yad Vashem
15:30-16:00 Break
17:15-18:00 Reflections, first impressions on the Museum’s concept Daniel Rozenga, European Department, ISHS, Yad Vashem
Evening: Opening Ceremony of the International Educators Conference at the Monument to the Jewish Soldiers and Partisans in Yad Vashem. Optional
Tuesday, July 8 Racism and Anti-Semitism in the 19th and 20th Century – Prelude to Destruction
08:30-12:00 Participating at the Int. Educators Conference
Professor Omer Bartov - John P. Birkelund Distinguished Professor of European History and Professor of History and German Studies, Brown
University, USA Professor Susan Benedict – Medical University of South Carolina, USA
Professor David Bankier, Director, Research Institute, Yad Vashem, Israel Professor Wolfgang Wippermann, Freie Universitat Berlin, Germany
Schedule to be announced 12:00-13:00 Lunch Break
13:00-14:30 Workshop: “Doch die Geschichte endete anders”
N.N, Yad Vashem (Will take place in “OstFeld” in the Valley of the Communities) 14:30-14:45 Break
14:45-16:00 Presentation of the workshop: “Deportations: Perpetrators, Bystanders, and Victims” (will take place in Room 1 in the Valley of the Communities) N.N., European Department, ISHS, Yad Vashem
16:15-16:45 Break 16:45-17:30 Debriefing
Daniel Rozenga, European Department, ISHS, Yad Vashem 19.00 Evening with “Israeli Austrians”
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Wednesday, July 9 Challenges in the classroom
08:30-12:45 Participatingat the Int. Educators Conference
Dr. Stephen Smith - Founding Director, Beth Shalom Holocaust Centre,
Nottingham, England Dr. William Meinecke - Historian, Education Department, United States Holocaust
Memorial Museum, USA Dr. Mary Johnson - Senior Historian, Facing History and Ourselves, USA
Hon. Daniel Rafecas Esq. - Federal Judge, Argentina Professor Bodo von Borries - Professor of Education, University of Hamburg, Germany
Shulamit Imber- Pedagogical Director, The International School for Holocaust Studies, Yad Vashem, Israel
Schedule to be announced 12:45-13:45 Lunch break
13:45-16:00 Presentation, workshops and discussion of ISHS teaching units in groups
13:45-14:15 - Short introduction of the ISHS concept for age appropriate teaching of the Holocaust
14:15-16:00 - Short presentation of teaching units for younger age levels ( I Wanted to Fly Like a Butterfly, Martha)
- Discussion on the ISHS concept for age-appropriate teaching of the Holocaust
16:00-16:30 Break
16:30-18:00 Workshop on comics “Maus”
N.N, European Department, ISHS, Yad Vashem.
including discussion on the educational concepts of the teaching units
N.N, European Department, ISHS, Yad Vashem 10:00-10:30 Break
10:30-12:00 “The Final Solution” and “Operation Reinhard”
N.N, Yad Vashem 12:00-13:00 Lunch Break
13:00-14:30 Session 1 with Nathan Kellermann 14:30-15:00 Break
15:00-18:00 Workshop with survivors (N.N, N.N, N.N)
Daniel Rozenga, European Department, ISHS, Yad Vashem
15:00-15:30 Introduction
15:30-17:30 Meeting with the survivors.
17:30-18:00 Reflection of the meeting
(This session will take place in Room 17 of the ISHS) Daniel Rozenga, European Department, ISHS, Yad Vashem
Friday, July 11
Trip to the North Saturday, July 12
Trip to the North Sunday, July 13
Visit the “Ghetto Fighters” Kibbutz Monday, July 14
Visit the “Ghetto Fighters” Kibbutz Tuesday, July 15
Visit the “Ghetto Fighters” Kibbutz Wednesday, July 16
Off to Tel Aviv
Program in Tel Aviv: Bauhaus-Tour, Club for former Austrians, Gideon Eckhaus.
20:00 Check in at the Shalom Hotel
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Thursday, July 17
08:30-10:00 Holocaust and Genocides
(Prof. Yehuda Bauer, Yad Vashem) 10:00-10:30 Break
10:30- 12:00 Session 2 with Nathan Kellermann 12:00-13:00 Lunch Break
13:00-14:00 Righteous Among the nations
N.N, European Department, ISHS, Yad Vashem 14:00-14:15 Break
14:15-14:45 The Yad Vashem website, including the Victims’ names Database: a practical introduction in the multi-media room
N.N, European Department, ISHS, Yad Vashem 14:45-15:15 Break
15:15-16:15 Israeli Society and the Holocaust – workshop N.N, European Department, ISHS, Yad Vashem 16:15-16:30 Break
16:30-17:45 Anti-Semitism or legitimate criticism on Israel – meeting with N.N, correspondent daily newspaper “N.N”
20:30 Farewell Dinner Friday, July 18
08:30-10:00 How to approach Holocaust denial in class: history of the denial in real life and the Internet as an instrument in current Anti-Semitism
N.N, European Department, ISHS, Yad Vashem 10:00-10:30 Break
10:30-11:30 Session 3 with Nathan Kellermann
11:30-12:30 Concluding Discussion and evaluation of the Seminar Departure for Vienna
