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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In October, students of Vilnius Jonas Ivaskevicius youth school cleaned and tidied Jewish cemetery in Suderve. They picked up tree branches and twigs, raked leaves. While cleaning the cemetrey, they were directly introduced  with the history of Lithuanian Jews their culture and burial customs.

On October 14th, the eighth national song contest “The Road of Freedom“  was organised at Atgimimo school in Druskininkai.

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