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TEACHING ABOUT the HOLOCAUST and the PREVENTION of CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY Zagreb and Jasenovac, 25 – 27 January 2011 TEACHING ABOUT THE HOLOCAUST AND THE PREVENTION OF CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY Zagreb and Jasenovac, 25 – 27 January 2011 PROGRAMME HOTEL PALACE, ZAGREB Tuesday 25 January 2011 Opening Address 10.00 – 10.30 Vinko Filipović, Director of the Education and Teacher Training Agency Dijana Vican, State Secretary, the Ministry of Science, Education and Sports Jasen Mesić, the Minister of Culture Zrinka Vrabec Mojzeš, the representative of the President of the Republic of Croatia 10.30 – 11.00 Have we learned the lessons from history? Challenges of the 21st century, lecture; H. E. Yosef Amrani, the Ambassador of the State of Israel 11.00 – 11.50 The History of Jews on Croatian Territory until the 2nd World War, lecture Naida Mihal Brandl, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Zagreb 11.50 – 12.10 Break 12.10 – 13.00 The Holocaust in the Independent State of Croatia; lecture Ivo Goldstein, PhD, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Zagreb 13.00 – 14.30 Lunch 14.30 – 15.30 France during the 2nd World War, lecture Tal Bruttmann, PhD, Memorial de la Shoah, France 15.30 – 16.00 Croatia and France during the 2nd World War, discussion Ivo Goldstein and Tal Bruttmann 16.00 – 16.15 Break 16.15 – 17.30 Educational Philosophy of Yad Vashem, Chava Baruch, Yad Vashem, Israel The Age appropriate approach of teaching about the Holocaust: “ Through their Eyes “ pedagogical unit, Yiftach Ashkenazy, Yad Vashem, Israel two parallel workshops 17.30 – 17.45 Break 17.45 – 19.00 Teaching about the Holocaust through Literature and Art Yiftach Ashkenazy and Chava Baruch, Yad Vashem, Israel two parallel workshops 19.00 – 19.15 Reports from the workshops 19.15 Dinner JASENOVAC MEMORIAL AREA Wednesday 26 January 2011 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 Sagonić, Ivo Pejaković, curators One Among Millions, workshop Đurđica Eržić, Nova Gradiška Gymnasium two parallel groups of participants 13.00 – 14.00 Tour of the Jasenovac Flower 14.00 – 15.30 Lunch 15.30 – 16.30 Culture in the Independent State of Croatia, lecture Snježana Banović, Academy of Dramatic Art, University of Zagreb 16.30 – 17.30 People Who Wanted to Murder Hitler, lecture Marin Somborac, Ivana Filipovića Primary School, Osijek Hrvoje Knežević, Augusta Šenoe Primary School, Osijek 17.30 – 19.00 Return to Zagreb 19.15 Dinner at the hotel HOTEL PALACE, ZAGREB Thursday 27 January 2011 8.30 – 9.00 Educational Mornings – Jewish Film Festival Zagreb Nataša Popović, Jewish Film Festival Zagreb 9.00 – 10.15 Through their Eyes: Facing Antisemitism in Nazi Germany Yiftach Ashkenazy, Yad Vashem, Israel Those who Dared: Righteous among the Nations Chava Baruch, Yad Vashem, Israel two parallel workshops 10.15 – 10.30 Break 10.30 – 11.45 Repeated workshops Chava Baruch and Yiftach Ashkenazy, Yad Vashem, Israel 11.45 – 13.15 Testimony of a Holocaust Survivor Boris Braun 13.15 – 14.30 Lunch 14.30 – 15.45 Is There a Country for Diversity? Dijana Dijanić, Secondary School of Agriculture, Zagreb Educational Materials for Teaching about the Holocaust and the Crimes Against Humanity based on the Shoah Fundation Video Testimonies of Survivors - Collaboration, Conformism, Confrontation Miroslav Šašić, Vladimir Prelog School of Natural Sciences, Zagreb two parallel workshops 15.45 – 16.00 Conclusions / Evaluation Departure of the participants .
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