On 19-28 of August a group of Lithuanian educators attended an international seminar in Israel,  Yad Vashem – International School for Holocaust Studies. During the ten day visit the teachers learned about the situation of Lithuanian and European Jewry before the Second World War, the Yiddish language and its destiny, the Nazi policy, antisemitism, the Holocaust in Europe and Lithuania and other genocides around the world. More…

In Lithuania, the Day of Mourning and Hope remembrance events began at the end of May, when more than 150 school communities began civic initiatives in cities and towns.The civic initiative “Abandoned Homes…” was organized in several ways – schools and Tolerance Education Centers had model cardboard houses installations in their premises, parks or other public places.  More…

June 14th is the Day of Mourning and Hope in remembrance of the 1941 Mass Deportations to Siberia which began on this day, lasted through 1944-1953 and repressed more than 300 000 lives. Since 2004, the International Commission has been initiating civic initiatives for Lithuanian schools to commemorate the Day of Mourning and Hope. This year schools and Tolerance Education Centers were asked to join the civic initiative “Abandoned Homes…”  More…