During August 23-28, 2016 in Odesa Youth Summer Forum organized by “Hillel” International Jewish Student Organization was conducted. This year event gathered more than 100 students from Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova and Israel. Organizers prepared very rich and interesting program that included educational events, master classes, intellectual games, etc. Traditionally “Tkuma” Institute and the Holocaust Museum participated in development of educational part of the summer forum.
On August 2, 2016 Tetiana Selyutina and Maryna Strilchuk, “Tkuma” Institute and the Holocaust Museum Research Associates, conducted educational sessions for participants of summer forum in slam groups. The session was conducted in the form of interactive lecture and was dedicated to the peculiarities of human behavior during the Holocaust and the problem of tolerance in modern world.
The sessions started with practical task to draw the world as participants imagine it using one color marker. Participants then exchanged their drawings and were asked to add some things they believe should be presented with other colors. This task helped young people to understand that our world is multicolored and that each color is a different nation, religion or culture. Main idea is that this diversity enriches our planet.
The next part of the session was devoted to the Holocaust history in Ukraine and specifics of human behavior during the Holocaust. What did make people to take part in the extermination of the people? Why did lawyers, doctors and teachers during the Second World War become members of Einsatzkommando, engaged in physical extermination of the Jews? What were the motives of Ukrainians, Poles and representatives of other nationalities who tried to save at least one Jew from the flames of the Holocaust? These and other issues were discussed during the session.
Students took part in the discussion and noted that studying our common past, history of rescuing Jews during World War II and examples of international dialogue during the Holocaust can promote tolerance in the modern world.
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