Today, the Brama Grodzka Center NN Theater hosted an international seminar entitled “Shtetl Routes Network Incubator,” summarizing over a year of activities carried out as part of the “Mi dor le dor Europe” project, which brings together cultural and educational organizations in Poland, Ukraine, Spain, Greece, and Germany.
During the event, participants shared presentations on the results of their activities in the field of promoting the culture, history, and memory of the Jewish community.
As we can read on the Shtetl Routes Network Incubator website:
“Mi Dor Le Dor” means “from generation to generation” in Hebrew. Cultural heritage, understood as a collection of resources inherited from past generations, should be used as a tool to create a transnational community of people who:
attribute similar value to specific aspects of heritage,
identify them as a reflection and expression of their values and traditions – regardless of ownership rights,
wish to preserve and pass them on to future generations through public activities.
During the conference, participants had the opportunity to share their experiences from the previous year and discuss their results in front of an international audience. The project included city walks, educational meetings, exhibitions, and commemorative initiatives, such as the “Windows of Memory” project carried out by the Museum of the City of Chełm, which Dorota Bieda told the audience about.
“Windows of Memory” is a project created out of the need to remember and the desire to retell the history of the Jewish community of Chełm — a history that was brutally interrupted but should never be forgotten. The main goal of the exhibition is to commemorate the former residents of the city through the art of photography. (https://mzch.pl/okna-pamieci/)
Today's conference focused mainly on the activities of activists from the border region between Poland and Ukraine, which is where the speakers came from. As can be read on the project's website: The “Shtetl Routes” project aims to support the development of tourism based on the Jewish cultural heritage of the border region between Poland, Belarus, and Ukraine.
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