Anti-Semitism, Racism, and Persecution: Humanistic Education and Holocaust Remembrance
"Nihil Novum," a poem by the poet Wladyslaw Szlengl, who was murdered in the Warsaw Ghetto, describes anti-Semitism as a phenomenon that has persisted for centuries, without any rational basis—hating Jews as representatives of the rich and the poor; the devout and the heretics; the aggressors and the cowards. These internal contradictions in anti-Semitic logic do not prevent it from continuing to exist, and even the establishment of a Jewish state has not completely resolved the issue, […]
Educators Workshop | Education During the Holocaust
An in-depth workshop for educators that invites participants to engage with educational questions through a look at the Holocaust period – a time when education was not a given, but for many it became a refuge, a mission, and even a form of resistance. The workshop presents the stories of educators who acted out of ideals, faith, and responsibility, including Janusz Korczak, members of youth movements, and Fredy Hirsch.
Lecture | "As if he had left Egypt"
From the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising to Operation Torch in Algeria, from the concentration camps in Libya to the killing pits in Ukraine – the story of the Holocaust as a pan-Jewish event In the Passover Haggadah it is written "In every generation, a person must see himself as if he had come out of Egypt." Slavery in Egypt was the ancient founding narrative of the Jewish people, and their shared identity was forged by repeated engagement with the story of the Exodus […]
Lecture | From the Eichmann Trial to Remembrance in the Living Room
Władysław Szlengl, a Polish Jewish poet who perished in the Warsaw Ghetto, wrote in his poem 'New Holiday': "The Holocaust will end and the horror will pass, and shadows will emerge from the pit [...] And in memory of the days of destruction and ruin, they will serve a cake in the shape of a swastika." This extreme prediction reminds us that the memory of the Holocaust is not frozen—it is alive, changing, and reshaped in every generation. In this lecture, we will trace the key stages in the shaping of memory [...]