L earning about human rights on the example of H olocaust Classroom Holocaust Museum Yad Vashem, August 2009

Introduction Miljenko Hajdarović history teacher in Elementary school “Petar Zrinski” in Šenkovec, Croatia students age: 10-15 editor of Croatian History Portal on www.povijest.net participant of the International School for Holocaust 2008

Miljenko Hajdarović

history teacher in Elementary school “Petar Zrinski” in Šenkovec, Croatia

students age: 10-15

editor of Croatian History Portal on www.povijest.net

participant of the International School for Holocaust 2008

Paperclips museum? 1997. Whitwell Middle School (USA) 2006. Herring Cove Junior High (Canada) 1 paperclip = 1 soul lost in H olocaust

all of the pictures you are about to see in this presentation are from our project

all of the pictures you are about to see in this presentation are from our project

Why? first two museums had no direct connection with holocaust Croatia and our County of Medjimurje were directly involved sensitive issue (perpetrators, victims and bystanders are still alive)

first two museums had no direct connection with holocaust

Croatia and our County of Medjimurje were directly involved

sensitive issue (perpetrators, victims and bystanders are still alive)

Great opportunity For students: learn how to make a project learn how to work in group and a member of a team learn to conduct interview with survivor learn how to get useful information from literature teaching others importance of human rights.... For teacher: learn how to make a project how to lead a group of enthusiastic students how to deal with holocaust deniers how to build a museum exhibit communication with media networking...

For students:

learn how to make a project

learn how to work in group and a member of a team

learn to conduct interview with survivor

learn how to get useful information from literature

teaching others

importance of human rights....

For teacher:

learn how to make a project

how to lead a group of enthusiastic students

how to deal with holocaust deniers

how to build a museum exhibit

communication with media

networking...

Looking backwards and forwards We did: workshops on human rights watch some movies about holocaust speak to survivor learn from books made an exhibition teach others... We will: show our exihibition on various places (like Jasenovac) film a documentary about our project... continue to teach others... Our school

We did:

workshops on human rights

watch some movies about holocaust

speak to survivor

learn from books

made an exhibition

teach others...

We will:

show our exihibition on various places (like Jasenovac)

film a documentary about our project...

continue to teach others...

25 interested students

Willing to work...

Empty room in school..

Planting crocus bulbs (Crocus project)

Reading..

Testimonies from family members

Media coverage

Survivor testimony

R esearch

Learning about judaism

Public presentation

Connecting paperclip chains

Learning Hatikva

P reparing the exhibition

Working

S erious work but nothing without fun

P reparing the exhibition

S peaking with holocaust survivor

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Crocus project

Problems in Croatia? Freedom of speech is abused H uman rights are implied, but are not underst ood rise of nationalism connected with neonazism

Freedom of speech is abused

H uman rights are implied, but are not underst ood

rise of nationalism connected with neonazism

Future Holocaust Remembrance Day Crocus project Documentary Mobile exhibition Sorted by the degree of certainty of implementation

Holocaust Remembrance Day

Crocus project

Documentary

Mobile exhibition

Additonal info Postal : Miljenko Hajdarovic Glavna 30, Sivica 40317 Podturen Croatia email : [email_address] web : www.classroom-holocaust-museum.com

Postal :

Miljenko Hajdarovic

Glavna 30, Sivica

40317 Podturen

Croatia

email : [email_address]

web : www.classroom-holocaust-museum.com