"To Bring Memory Back" edition 2007-2008

Gimnazjum im. Ks. Wacława Rabczyńskiego w Wasilkowie

Who are we

Father Wacław Rabczyński Middle School in Wasilkow

Our project is entitled: “Wasilkow- town of multicultural harmony”.

Project Coordinators are Katarzyna Rybnik and Mariusz Sokolowski.

Let's be fully aware of all the importance of this day, because today among the generous walls of Bologne-sur-Mer we have met not as Frenchmen with Englishmen, nor Russians with Poles, but as People with People”.

L. Zamenhof  

What we do in the project

“Wasilkow- town of multicultural harmony”

We discover the multicultural history of the town and its vicinity by:

• Creating documentation related to the presence of the Jews in Wasilkow (interviews with inhabitants, photographic documentation of the town monuments);
• Making educational trips to the multicultural related places in Wasilkow;
• Walking the Jewish Heritage Trail in Bialystok;
• Making excursions to the multicultural places in podlaskie province (synagogue in Tykocin, Annunciation of the Virgin Mary monastery complex, Icon Museum in Suprasl, the town of Krynki and the Tatar mosque in Kruszyniany);
  
  Learning about Jewish tradition and culture:
• Organization of a Jewish culture festiwal (multimedia presentation, lectures prepared by students on the most important Jewish holidays, movie show, presentation of traditional and modern Jewish music);
• Guest visits of experts;
  
  Taking care of the Jewish cemetery:
• Lecture on customs and burial rites in Jewish religion;
• Clearing up of the cemetery grounds and the matzevot;
• documentation; 
  
  
  
  Promotion of the students’ activity and bringing back memory of the multicultural past of our town:
• espositions;
• leaflets;
• articles in a local press;