The organizers of the Festival of Tolerance have recognized that care for the young is the most significant segment in the development of a democratic society, especially at the present time when we witness a rise in violence among the young, discrimination, social injustice, between peers and towards individuals of different nationality, religion or race. This prompted us to inaugurate in 2009 a new educational programme - Educational Mornings.
Through a multimedia and multidisciplinary approach, the lectures offer an educational experience through which pupils and students can understand which events brought about the Holocaust, one of the most tragic episodes in the history of the world. It is exactly the model of educating the youngest that starts the development of understanding and tolerance, the fundamental principles needed for healthy socialization to function. Together with students, Holocaust survivors talk about the injustice of the Nazi regime and stimulate an open dialogue and appeal to cooperation of cultural, educational and government institutions. Through discussion and exchange of opinions the young come to understand that accepting diversity and respecting differences is the only right way of living in a modern world.
Since 2009, 22,000 students have participated at Educational Mornings. It is a programme that is active throughout the year via several workshops and projects. So far it has been held 75 times in 16 Croatian cities, in Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia and Austria, which hardly any other institution in Croatia that educates the public about the Holocaust can boast.
By introducing film media as a platform for education, each year selecting a feature film or documentary of high artistic and educational value, the young expand their knowledge of the Holocaust in a manner that they can easily understand, after which the platform discussion is open. We are proud of their reactions, as they readily admit that before the programme they knew very little or almost nothing about the Holocaust and that after the film and the lecture they talk about completely different learning experience. This is exactly what gives us strength and motivation to speak out further about the social problems of today and continued propagation of the need for dialogue at all levels, starting with those that are the pillars of a healthy democratic and pluralistic society.
The State Museum at Majdanek was created on the grounds of the former German concentration camp KL Lublin. It is the first museum of martyrdom and the oldest memorial to the victims of Nazism. The mission of the Museum is to preserve the memory and promote historical education about the German occupation in the Lublin region during World War II.
This year’s Educational Mornings will show the short documentary animated film "5105, A Story of an Escape from Mauthausen", after which the students will get the chance to hear the first-hand experience of a Holocaust survivor, Mrs. Vesna Domany Hardy.
The programme is dedicated to the integration of refugees into society and it is intended for students of higher elementary school grades and secondary school students.
In her presentation, after referring to the film she will examine some dangers of beautifying the past and their effects for the historical storytelling. The real question, however lies not in the „reality” of the past, but in the present attempts to interpret it.
Through life experience of survivors the youth is given a personal experience of atrocities of the Holocaust in order to help them learn more of this tragic period of world history so they could better comprehend the need of excepting diversities and treating each human being as an individual worthy of respect. Educational Mornings teach young people how to, loud and clear, say „Never again!“
Daniel Wildmann is a guest lecturer who will introduce the visitors to the impact of bourgeois culture on the Nazism in the 1930s. Dr. Wildmann is a historian and movie scholar. He is also the director of the Leo Baeck Institute in London and a lecturer at Queen Mary's College...
Branko Lustig is the director of the Festival of Tolerance and a famous film producer. During his long-standing career he has received many awards (including Oscar and BAFTA awards for the movies 'Schindler's List' and 'Gladiator' and an Emmy award)...
Mirko Ilić, a world renowned graphic designer, illustrator and lecturer will give a multimedia lecture in which he will speak about neo-fascist iconography that is widely present in the public of former Yugoslavia states and wider.
Branko Lustig, a Holocaust survivor and president of Festival of Tolerance, will hold a lecture about his own experience from the concentration camps of Nazi regime. It must serve as a warning to the future generations.
Branko Lustig, a Holocaust survivor and president of Festival of Tolerance, held a lecture about his own experience from the concentration camps of Nazi regime. It must serve as a warning to the future generations.
Check out a part of the lecture: Branko Lustig, a Holocaust survivor and president of Festival of Tolerance, will hold a lecture about his own experience from the concentration camps of Nazi regime. It must serve as a warning to the future generations.
Look at the clip from the lecture: The lecture of Mr. Mirko Ilić, illustrator, graphical designer and lecturer has filled the halls for past three years, and the number of participants and interested visitors grows every year.
Frank Stern has perfected himself in holding lectures using short films, which stories and visual power he considers extremely important tools for teaching and reaching younger generations, and opening new dimension to teaching history and emotional identification.
Branko Lustig, a Holocaust survivor and president of Festival of Tolerance, held a lecture on March 13th in Zadar about his own experience from the concentration camps of Nazi regime. It must serve as a warning to the future generations.
Branko Lustig, a Holocaust survivor and president of Festival of Tolerance, held a lecture on March 17th in Knin about his own experience from the concentration camps of Nazi regime. It must serve as a warning to the future generations.
Frank Stern has perfected himself in holding lectures using short films, which stories and visual power he considers extremely important tools for teaching and reaching younger generations, and opening new dimension to teaching history and emotional identification.
The lecture of Mr. Mirko Ilić, illustrator, graphical designer and lecturer has filled the halls for past three years, and the number of participants and interested visitors grows every year. He speaks out about symbols of hate through various publications, as well as lectures in the region...
Branko Lustig, a Holocaust survivor and president of Festival of Tolerance, will hold a lecture about his own experience from the concentration camps of Nazi regime. It must serve as a warning to the future generations.
Branko Lustig, a Holocaust survivor and president of Festival of Tolerance, held a lecture on January 14th in Primary school Glina about his own experience from the concentration camps of Nazi regime. It must serve as a warning to the future generations.
Branko Lustig, a Holocaust survivor and president of Festival of Tolerance, held a lecture on December 17th in Pešćenica about his own experience from the concentration camps of Nazi regime. It must serve as a warning to the future generations.
Branko Lustig, a Holocaust survivor and president of Festival of Tolerance, held a lecture on December 16th in Trešnjevka about his own experience from the concentration camps of Nazi regime. It must serve as a warning to the future generations.
