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Educational and Methodical Seminar for Teachers in Poland

Ukrainian Center for Holocaust Studies with the support of the Ministry of Education of Ukraine and in cooperation with Belzec Memorial Museum and Majdanek State Museum held an educational and methodical seminar for Ukrainian teachers of history and humanities "History of the Holocaust in the West of Ukraine and Poland" on 31 March - 5 April 2009. The seminar was made possible due to financial support of the Claims Conference and the American Jewish Committee. The seminar consists of lectures and discussions, visits to memorial sites of the Holocaust in the West of Ukraine and in the East of Poland. Its main focus is the history and culture of the Polish and Ukrainian Jews before and during WWII. After the opening remarks in Lviv the study-trip the participants also visited Lublin, Belzec and Sobibor.

[Programme(in Ukrainian)...]

[Participant Reflections (Part 1)(in Ukrainian)]

[Participant Reflections (Part 2)(in Ukrainian)]

[Participant Reflections (Part 3)(in Ukrainian)]

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