We learnt what we need to act against discrimination: knowledge, skills, reflection -> motivation to act. These reminds me of the concept of Swiss Johann Pestalozzi „head, heart and hand” [głowa, serce, ręka]. It means that our mind, feelings and actions should „act” together.

Mechanism of discrimination in short looks like this. / Mechanizm dyskryminacji w skrócie wygląda tak:

We shared some links related to discrimination and education:
1. History and human rights. Textbook – with workshoops about „state and individuum”, „minority-majority”, freedom of speech, rights of imprisoned people, social rights: in English, in Polish.
2. Antidiscrimination – educational materials in Polish: materials nr 1 or materials nr 2.
3. Textbook about hate speech „Bookmarks” – in English, in Polish.
4. School without discrimination – worksheets for teachers (in Polish): materials nr 1,
materials nr 2.
5. http://rownosc.info (in Polish) and http://rownosc.info/english/ (in English)
6. List of NGOs who deal with discrimination, migration, cultures etc: http://www.bezuprzedzen.org/linki/.
7. A method: „Parts of my identity” („Fragmenty mojej tożsamości”), worksheet.

It took place in Polish parlament in November’14, 28-29. 120 teachers and pupils took part on it. You also can do following things:

1. conduct a workshop about Karski,

2. organise a panel discussion about connecting historical and human rights education with representatives of ngo’s, administration and scientists,

3. organise an Open Space discussion related to the meaning of historical experiences in work against discrimination. You can discuss the interdisciplinary approach of connecting different fields.

On September, 14, I, representing my NGO, KARTA Center, have talked to different NGO’s while the Forum of Polish NGO’s in Warsaw about documenting of their history. Most of them are really interested in learning this kind of activities. So they will apply to trainings of the KARTA Center, how to do it.

Change is also a title of a book wich is being prepared by an international team of scientists in collaboration with practitioners of history education and human rights education. I will upload it here, when it will be finished in 2016.

Combing thes two fields was also the aim of the project „Education for human rights in the places of remembrance in the context of European crimes’ experiences”

It was a German-Russian-Polish project about teaching human rights and history at memorial sites. It take place from April till December 2014 in Perm (Russia), Bergen-Belsen (Germany) and Oświęcim (Poland).

The results of the project can be viewed and downloaded here.

Within the project I worked on learning modules related to the experience of crimes of Nazis and Soviet Union. My learning modul is dedicated co-workers of prisons.

Here you can  get to know our seminar’s programme, so you can organise it for you and your group.
Day 1. Ariival to Vilnius. Free day in Vilnius. Introduction to the city.

Day 2. Older History of Lithuania and it’s importance for Lithuanian national Identity: Grand Duke Gediminas monument and a monument of Polish – Lithuanian poet Adam Mickiewicz.

Day 3. Polishness and Lithuanianness in the beginning of the XX century: Rasos cementary and memorial house of composer and painter Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis.

Day 4. Excursion to Kaunas – Kaunas during the Interwar period – a temporary capital of Lithuania, XIX Fort of Kaunas, interwar architecture and monuments in the relation to Lithuanian national identity.

Day 5. Jewish Vilnius and the Holocaust: Center of Tolerance, former Jewish ghettos, Museum of Holocaust. Discussion with some people who were born in ghetto and managed to survive.

Day 6. Memorable places in the surroundings of Vilnius: Paneriai memorial place and the old Capital – Trakai.

Day 7. Occupation regimes repressions and resistance: Lithuanian occupations during and after the Second World War – Museum of Genocide Victims.

The title of my article in German: DAS GALIZISCHE „PULVERFASS“ UND DER BEGINN DES ERSTEN WELTKRIEGS. Eine Krisenregion zwischen Österreich-Ungarn und Russland.

The title of my article in English: THE GALICIA’S „POWDER KEG“ AND THE START OF WORLD WAR I. War zone between Austria-Hungary and Russia.

It appeared in the anthology of Jürgen Angelow and Johannes Großmann „Wandel, Umbruch, Absturz.
Perspektiven auf das Jahr 1914” (2014, Steiner Verlag).

Photo: 1914-1915, L’viv, Russian and Austrian medical service, first-aid workers. Autor: not known, collection: Ośrodek KARTA/KARTA Center.

Source.

In December 2012 and Januar 2013 I presented the materials to the librarians who could implement them later on in their societies. I have now a lot of practical experience and many conclusions which I applied for the textbook which we (team within the KARTA Center) prepared.

Krasków (near Świdnica-Schweidnitz)
Krzyżowa (Kraisau)
Jagniątków (Agnetendorf, Gerhard Hauptmann house)