Teachers working in Tolerance Development Centres gathered together in the south west of Lithuania, in Kalvarija on November 4-5th.  A two-day seminar “History in the Eyes of Witnesses“ dealt with several topics: one aspect was how to approach witnesses‘ reports in history lessons. Another point was the presentation of a teaching tool for teachers “Stories from the Past“ this material  embodies stories of rescuing Jews in Lithuania during WWII.
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The  international conference “Local Analysis of the Holocaust in Nazi-Occupied Eastern and Western European Countries“ was held on October 27-28th. The aim of the conference was to mark the Holocaust in Lithuania  which broke out 75 years ago when a mass massacre of Lithuanian Jews  started.

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On September 23, one hundred  and thirty Lithuanian educational institutions, Tolerance Development Centres, museums and other educational institutions joined a civic initiative “Memory Road“ which has been held for four years. School communities visited the sights of Jewish massacre, read names of killed Jews, teachers shared stories on Jews before WWII as well  appalling massacre of their communities.

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