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Czech Heritage Action Initiative Web Site
The Czech Republic
Current Projects Jewish Sites in the Czech Republic
Please Sign our Guestbook "The Neighbors Who Disappeared project is the result of
research carried out by Czech school students who were curious about gaps in
20th century history of their local towns. Several years ago, after
listening to stories from their own grandparents and other elders in their
communities about childhood friends and neighbors who did not survive World
War II, Czech students realized that there was much about their town's
histories that they were not being taught. Consequently, they decided to
trace the histories of these "neighbors who disappeared." Using
eye witness accounts and local chronicles, visiting local cemeteries, and
researching other documents, students compiled a history of local families
that went missing during World War II. Word spread, and students in numerous
Czech towns also began documenting local histories. Their research sought to
answer questions such as: why were fellow citizens persecuted and how could
this have been avoided? The
Neighbors Who Disappeared project's home page is: http://www.zmizeli-sousede.cz/aj/index.html For
more helpful information, please see www.biokin.org
exhibition in the Midwest!
The Czech Heritage Action Initiative is very happy to be presenting the NEIGHBORS
WHO DISAPPEARED
The result is Neighbors Who Disappeared, a narrative exhibition documented
by Czech students about Czech towns and the experiences of their citizens
during World War II. The exhibition demonstrates the ability of students to
help report history and to give a voice to the voiceless. It further shows
how students, using a little initiative, their abundant energy, and natural
curiosity can educate themselves and others. These students not only gained
an understanding of Czech history, European history, and a larger
perspective on world history, but actually helped author that history, which
they are now communicating through the Neighbors Who Disappeared exhibition.
The exhibition was organized by the Education and Culture Centre of the
Jewish Museum in Prague, in collaboration with the civic association
Forgotten Ones." (quoted from a press release of the Czech Embassy of
Washington DC)
For more information, or to host this wonderful exhibit, please e-mail lisa.feder@comcast.net.
