TEACHING ABOUT THE HOLOCAUST AND THE PREVENTION OF CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY
Zagreb and Jasenovac, 25 – 27 January 2012 PROGRAMME
HOTEL PALACE, ZAGREB, TRG J. J. STROSSMAYERA 10 Wednesday 25 January 2012 10.00 – 10.45 Opening Address Vinko Filipović, Director of the Education and Teacher Training Agency The representative of the Ministry of Science, Education and Sports The representative of the Ministry of Culture The representative of the President of the Republic of Croatia
10.45 – 11.30 Facing History in Changing Times; lecture; H. E. Yosef Amrani, the Ambassador of the State of Israel
11.30 – 11.45 Break
11.45 – 12.45 The History of Croatian Jews, from Emancipation to the End of the Second World War; lecture; Naida Mihal Brandl, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Zagreb
12.45 – 13.45 On the Criminal Nature of the Independent State of Croatia; lecture Ivo Goldstein, PhD, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Zagreb
13.45 – 15.00 Lunch
15.00 – 16.00 Testimony of a Survivor Oleg Mandić, Opatija
16.00 – 17.00 Holocaust Education in England; lecture Emma O'Brien, Institute of Education, University of London, UK
17.00 – 17.15 Break
17.15 – 18.30 Teaching about the Holocaust in Croatia and the Cooperation with International Organisations; lecture Loranda Miletić, Senior Adviser, Education and Teacher Training Agency, Zadar
The Days of Anti-Fascism in Opatija – the Affirmation of Anti-Fascist Values lecture
Tatjana Matetić, Eugen Kumičić Gymnasium, Opatija
Regional Seminar for Teachers on the Holocaust Education; lecture Miljenko Hajdarović, Petar Zrinski Primary School, Šenkovec
18.30 – 19.30 Jews Facing Modernity; workshop Chava Baruch, PhD, Yad Vashem, Israel
19.30 Dinner
JASENOVAC MEMORIAL AREA Thursday 26 January 2012
8.30 Departure to Jasenovac
10.30 – 11.00 Introduction to the Visit to Jasenovac Memorial Area Nataša Jovičić, Director of Jasenovac Memorial Area
11.00 – 13.00 Tour of the Permanent Exhibition of Jasenovac Memorial Area and the Authentic Memorial Area of the “Ciglana III” Former Camp Đorđe Mihovilović, Maja Kućan, Ines Sogonić, Ivo Pejaković, curators
Letters from the Jasenovac and Stara Gradiška Cconcentration Camp as Historical Sources and Teaching Materials; lecture and workshop Maja Kućan, curator, JUSP Jasenovac two parallel groups of participants
Tour of the Jasenovac Flower
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch
14.00 – 15.30 Teaching about Jasenovac Concentration Camp – Biographical Approach; lecture Đorđe Mihovilović, curator, JUSP Jasenovac
15.30 – 16.00 Crocus Project; lecture Ines Sogonić, curator, JUSP Jasenovac
16.00 – 17.00 Opening of the exhibition Poster Project (Yad Vashem, Israel) Students and teachers-mentors involved in the project, Jasenovac Education Centre
17.00 – 18.30 Return to Zagreb
19.00 Dinner at the hotel
HOTEL PALACE, ZAGREB Friday 27 January 2011
8.30 – 10.00 The Wannsee Conference in Historical Research and Holocaust Education; lecture Dr. Wolf Kaiser, Director of Education of the House of the Wannsee Conference in Berlin
10.00 – 11.30 Why was it so important for them? A Case study of cultural activity in Oberhohenelbe camp Chava Baruch, PhD, Yad Vashem, Israel Authentic Encounters with the Past – How can original artefacts enrich our understanding of the Holocaust? Emma O'Brien, IoE, University of London, UK two parallel workshops
11.30 – 11.45 Break
11.45 – 13.15 Why was it so important for them? A Case study of cultural activity in Oberhohenelbe camp Chava Baruch, PhD, Yad Vashem, Israel Authentic Encounters with the Past–How can original artefacts enrich our understanding of the Holocaust? Emma O'Brien, IoE, University of London, UK two parallel workshops
13.15 – 14.00 Lunch
14.00 – 15.15 Teaching about the Perpetrators; workshop Chava Baruch, PhD, Yad Vashem, Israel Examples of Good Practice – Teaching About the Holocaust in Croatia; lecture and workshop Igor Jovanović, Veli Vrh Primary School and Igor Šaponja, Vocational school Pula two parallel workshops
15.15 – 15.30 Break
15.30 – 16.45 Teaching about the Perpetrators; workshop Chava Baruch, PhD, Yad Vashem, Israel Examples of Good Practice – Teaching About the Holocaust in Croatia; lecture and workshop Igor Jovanović, Veli Vrh Primary School and Igor Šaponja, Technical school Pula two parallel workshops
16.45 Conclusions / Evaluation Departure of the participants