Last prisoner story - postscriptum
Start date: Apr 1, 2014,
“Last prisoner story - postscriptum” youth exchange will gather a group of young people from Austria, Moldova, Ukraine, Romania and Germany in a town of Konstantinovka, Ukraine. During 2 weeks in July-August 2014 participants will work on the theme of 2nd World War as common European history, connection between history and common European problem as racism and xenophobia; discovering and recording stories of people who were forced labour or prisoners of concentration camps and preparing poster exhibition. The foundation for the project are diaries and stories of 2 forced workers from Ukraine, and one German forced worker, which were discovered in Konstantinovka and over 40 other interviews recorded in 2010 and 2013 during international youth exchanges. Participants will interview forced workers and prisoners, record stories, have educational workshops, exchange and debates on the project topics, work on internet blog http://lastprisonengl.blogspot.com with interviews of people and collected materials, visit memorial places of 2nd World war and prepare posters with extracts of interviews and photos for moving exhibition of the project, which can be used later in schools and public events.The outcomes of the project will include increased knowledge and competencies of participants, blog with materials and interviews, scanned photos and documents, and moving exhibition based on the collected materials, focusing on remembrance and reconciliation, as well as combating racism and xenophobia.
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