Royal Grammar School Colchester, Great Britain
The project also offers a chance to reinforce the self-identity of Czech schools. A permanent source of information about former schoolmates and other young people, persecuted for their descent, is being created in the form of publications, exhibitions and websites. A full-scale local exhibition in schools (Gymnázium Chomutov, Obchodní akademie Chotěboř, ZŠ Štoky, Gymnázium Telč) help to discover new facts and connections and the process help to connect various institutions (the family - the school - local councils - libraries - archives - volunteer workers) and reinforces the municipal identities. People often come to vernissages with new documents and information and leave with a new interest in "small history", the stories of their close surroundings. A joint exhibition is a demonstration of the social appreciation of the students' work and it influences an even wider public. At present (2009), The Tribute to Child Holocaust Victims is composed of ten panels - from České Budějovice, Telč, Plzeň, Litomyšl, Varnsdorf, Chotěboř, Havlíčkův Brod and Heřmanův Městec.
Exhibitions mapping both phases of the Neighbours Who Disappeared project were also appreciated abroad. In 2008, the project received the European Commission's Golden Star of Active European Citizenship award.
A Slovak version of the project called Stratení susedia was recently announced in Slovakia. A translated version of the exhibition can be seen in the USA, Canada, Great Britain, Italy and Germany.
Since its foundation in 2002, the NGO Zapomenutí (The Forgotten Ones) helps the project with methodical processing of material, by aiding with coordination and by financial support. It supports the printing of the collection of works and brochures done by each of the schools which meet the project's technical and content requirements.
The association also arranged a close cooperation with the iDNES internet portal which has agreed to publish the schools' websites within its Study subsection.
The numbers of completed panels and printed material grow proprotionally to the quantity and quality of the finished works and to the success rate of grants applied for.
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