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A SUMMARY OF THE PROJECT
1999
The project was initiated by the Education and Cultural Centre of the Jewish Museum in Prague by sending an appeal to schools to participate on "Neighbours Who Disappeared".
2000
The project fell under the auspices of the President of the Czech Republic and the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic.
A first collection of works was published.
The contributing authors of the were invited by President Václav Havel to the Prague Castle and appraised by Arnošt Lustig.
2001
ČT1 airs a film about the Neighbours Who Disappeared project (FATE, director Josef Dlouhý)
2002
Twelve panels of the Neighbours Who Disappeared are created from students' works.
The itinerant exhibition was festively installed in the Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic in the presence of the Senate's spokesman Petr Pithart.
2003
More copies of the exhibition are created due to great interest from the public, becoming a part of the international Holocaust in Education seminars hosted by the Terezín Memorial, and other conferences.
First regional collections and other publications are created.
The first stages of the cooperation with schools in the second phase of the project - A Tribute to the Child Holocaust Victims (VOŠ and OA Chotěboř, ZŠ Zámecká - Litomyšl, Gymnázium na Mikulášském náměstí Plzeň).
2004
International meeting of the project's initiators abroad.
New participants in the projects were appraised by Debora Lipstadt, Arnošt Lustig and Leo Pavlát, director of the Jewish Museum in Prague.
Further collections and copies of the exhibition are created.
The first students' exhibition panels of the A Tribute to Child Holocaust Victims are created.
2005
The second phase of the project - A Tribute to the Child Holocaust Victims - is officially initiated.
The English version of the Neighbours Who Disappeared is created.
The Slovak project Stratení susedia is initiated.
2006
The itinerant English exhibition is installed in Germany, Italy and the United States.
Students make their own documentaries about the project.
2007
The exhibition is officially opened n the United States of America at the Czech Embassy in Washington D.C.
A workshop for schools in Washington D.C.
Authorial school websites on the project are created and presented on a portal.
2008
The exhibition is officially opened at the Honorary Consulate of the Czech Republic in Toronto in the presence of Czech Prime minister Mirek Topolánek.
Workshops for schools in Toronto.
The itinerant exhibition starts in the United Kingdom.
A German version of the exhibition is created.
Further exhibition panels and supporting materials to the exhibition were created gradually - a VRC tape, a CD presentation, a catalogue, a methodical publication and A3 posters.
Up to this date, authorial collection of the following schools were published: ZŠ Zámecká - Litomyšl (2003),VOŠ and OA Chotěboř (2004), Gymnázium na Mikulášském náměstí Pilsen (2005) (in Czech and English), ZŠ Heřmanův Městec (2006) and ZŠ Stoky (2007) (in Czech).
TAKEN FROM THE OFFER OF THE EDUCATION AND CULTURAL CENTRE OF THE JEWISH MUSEUM IN PRAGUE
We recommend the following programmes as supporting and motivational programmes to the project.
The mission of the Education and Cultural Centre of the Jewish Museum in Prague is to educate primarily Czech children and youth, to show them the richness and diversity of Jewish culture which can enrich them in many ways. A tolerant approach to the world lies in an exposure to other ways of life and traditions in childhood.
The Education and Cultural Centre of the Jewish Museum in Prague offers educating lectures, combined programmes and interactive workshops for pupils and students. It also hosts specialised seminars for teachers.
The basic scheme is composed of these cycles:
The biblical history of Jews
The history of Jews in Bohemia and Moravia from the 10th century to present
Jewish traditions and customs
The history of anti-Semitism
The persecution of Czech and Moravian Jews during World War II.
Significant Jewish people in literature in the context of Czech culture.
Israel yesterday and today.
Workshops and interactive programmes:
Some workshops can be visited even by pre-school children.
Jewish holidays (Passover, Hanukah, Purim, Simchat Torah, the Sabbath and others)
Jewish culture and tradition (the Hebrew alphabet, Jewish weddings, the Golem, Noah's Ark, The Young Researcher)
Anti-Semitism and the Shoah (the Holocaust in documents, Hana's Suitcase, Reflection - the culprits, the saviours and the others)
OTHER PROJECTS AND ITINERANT EXHIBITIONS OF THE EDUCATION AND CULTURAL CENTRE OF THE JEWISH MUSEUM IN PRAGUE
Not to Lose Faith in Humanity... the Protectorate through the eyes of Jewish children: a project and an itinerant exhibition describing the story of six children and their families, connected by their Jewish descent and the fact that they were persecuted during World War II. The fates of the children are tracked from 1938 to the post-war era. The stories are put into the context of historical events and the visitors are not introduced to the fates of Jewish children but also to the events that preceded the War, the War itself and the Holocaust. It is possible to be used as a theoretical introduction before entering the Neighbours Who Disappeared project.
www.neztratitviru.net
Anne Frank - A legacy for today: the aim of this exhibition and project is to encourage the visitors to think about the significance of tolerance, human rights and democracy in the contemporary world. The story of Anna Frank and her family is dominant within the exhibition, set into the context of historical events and the Holocaust. The exhibition tries to encourage the visitor to ponder about the difference between of past events, such as World War II and the Holocaust, and today. The aim of this exhibition and project is to encourage the visitors to think about the significance of tolerance, human rights and democracy in the contemporary world.
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