German, Polish, Israeli-Jewish and Palestinian-Israeli youth deal with the history of exclusion. They want to see about historical eyewitnesses who survived the Nazi regime, with prominent witnesses of the presence of the victims werewolf current discrimination and to deal with it aggressively.
They'll deal with everyday contemporary "small" exclusion faced. They'll get to know the mechanisms of exclusion did in the past led to the destruction of human beings. As a result, young people in addition to the interviews with witnesses re-enact their experiences of today's daily discrimination and present in small video clips. The material is available as teaching aids available . In addition, the young people will make objects of reflection.
Contents of the project work:
In advance:
What I'm interested in the project, at my new partners and what are my expectations?
Creating staff wanted posters did build contacts through Facebook.
In the separate groups:
What are human rights and How They work for me, in my home?
How did the state- and country-ups?
History of our country is always the story of the struggle for human rights.
During the meetings:
What is exclusion, how and when discrimination starts? - Clarify connotations
Exclusion in the 20th century and its Consequences - Historical Excursus
Stigmatization, exclusion and destruction mechanisms detect.
The Researched prior results on the history of human rights will be incorporated Discussed and falling on meeting in the workshop.
Thesis Should be Carried out result-oriented simulations on active exercises (Betzavta, exercises www.diskriminierung.menschenrechte.org).
Explore possibilities and practice, to fight against exclusion.
Encounters in the host families and the exploration of other cultures and Their different understanding of history.
Experience of other worlds and gain experience through personal encounters.
Work with the witnesses:
At the heart of the historical witnesses are the life stories. The young people can approach personal stories about knowing the story about the inhuman discrimination policies of the Nazis.
The work with the current witnesses Focuses attention on the everyday and today dealing with exclusion and Possible strategies for action.
How can we publicity of positioning Ourselves against exclusion? How can our attitude to human rights in the public perceive? (Working on the objects of reflection)
Forms of work:
During the meeting in Germany and Poland, the young people are dealing With Their stories. In the preliminary stages to the four groups, the history of the partners mutually explore in a presentation to introduce.
Mixed groups are Formed, the mutually imagine Their history and the emergence of Their state or region and then present on a voluntary basis falling on the encounters.
We take into account the different perceptions of history and the different agencies of historical facts and Processes in the partner countries.
At the same time the participant groups have Their Own history as a presentation ready.
This form AIMS to produce knowledge. Knowledge of the history of the 20th century and its Consequences for survivors today.
Workshops Ahmed Mansuhr (Heroes Project) deepen the current process of dealing with exclusion today.
The talks with Rabbi Daniel Alter will allow young people a timely and effective handling of discrimination.
Through various Worshops (Hands Across the campus and Betzavta exercises), the young people will learn various behavior patterns and can Actively respond to everyday situations of exclusion.
Interview techniques are trained to prepare and carry out the witness interviews can. For this we use Especially the oral history method.
Through role playing and theater exercises, the young people then Their video clips to the exclusion today and make Their exclusion experienced in everyday practice unabhängig.
For our project goal we are guided, inter alia, on: With wings and roots: http://withwingsandrootsfilm.com/
The local feedback will help us connect past and present produce (emigrants, immigrants, foreigners - if you are breastfeeding foreigners / movie?). So we can therefore tell short stories and can weave in-experienced.
The youth will participate participation in a competition among Themselves to symbols against discrimination and exclusion and so Buttons and T-Shirts on the topic: make "eyes on". Thesis are thought-provoking others about Their responsibility towards people. They thus create short videos on the subject.
Witnesses:
Witness to history:
- Victor Hartman, born April 13, 1924, concentration camp prisoner in Auschwitz, lives in Haifa (unfortunately deceased)
- List Sofia Schwartz, born 01/12/1933, Their parents are from the Ukraine and Germany, she was born in Argentina and immigrated to Israel; lived in the same street as Adolf Eichmann (We've come full circle on the Eichmann capture and ideas of the project :)
- Mario Hilel List, born 11.21.1933, his parents are from the Ukraine and Poland, Emigrated to Israel
Witnesses to presence:
- Rabbi Daniel Alter, victims of right-wing violence in 2012 and Antisemitismusbeauftrager in Berlin
- Ahmed Mansour, He works as a freelance writer, is a research associate at the Democratic culture, group leader at the HEROES project in Berlin and Policy Advisor at the European Foundation for Democracy Foundation.
Mr. Mansour is a Palestinian Israeli. For nine years he lived in Berlin.
