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The first project is Remembering Holocaust Victims mainly from Bergen-Belsen who died shortly after they were brought to Sweden to receive medical care. Holocaust Monument at the North Jewish Cemetery, Stockholm, 2019.
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Activities during 2019 and planned 2020. Korczak Living Heritage Association & Swedish Holocaust Memorial Association - SHMA. Four main projects.
1a. Remembering Holocaust Victims mainly from Bergen-Belsen who died shortly after they were brought to Sweden to receive medical care. Holocaust Monument at the North Jewish Cemetery, Stockholm.
1b. Remembering Holocaust Victims mainly from Bergen-Belsen who died shortly after they were brought to Sweden to receive medical care.
The work is proceeding at the Swedish Archives:
1c. Remembering Holocaust Victims mainly from Bergen-Belsen who died shortly after they were brought to Sweden to receive medical care.
The work is further proceeding at the Swedish, Polish, and Israeli Archives, Bergen-Belsen Archives, and Arolsen Archives:
1d. Remembering Holocaust Survivors from Bergen-Belsen who were brought to Sweden to receive medical care.
Publishing the information about the fate in Sweden of Holocaust survivors after the liberation of Bergen-Belsen. Among others the story of Professor Halina Neujahr, Frymeta Ajnhorn, and Viola Horvath.
2. In November 2019, Korczak Living Heritage Association (KLHA) created a Committee to Support the Korczak Mural Project in Marysin Wawerski (“KOMITET”), the location adjoining the former Korczak Summer camp, “Rózyczka”.
The first phase of the Project was initiated by the local Community and consists of a beautiful Mural with Korczak motives painted on the concrete wall previously bordering Rozyczka camp. In the Korczak spirit, neighborhood children themselves were engaged as helpers in its making. The Project is the creation of the artist, Bartosz Milewski and the photographer, Anna Gezik, with the help of the local historical researcher, Adam Matysiak, and the local politician, Lucan Zakrzewski, and others. Mr. Norbert Szczepanski, the Mayor of Wawer, has been praised for his support of this Project and its educational value in the fight against prejudice.
The KOMITET has proposed to extend the Mural in the westward direction to cover the otherwise unsightly bare cement of the existing wall. With this purpose in mind, the KOMITET will meet in the first week of January 2020 in Warsaw.
3. Exhibition of the models of the buildings where Korczak Dom Sierot was located and also other spots associated with Janusz Korczak such as Bershon & Baumans Hospital. The models are built on a scale of 1:25 and include also Rózyczka Summer Camp, a Wooden bridge over Chlodna Street, and Cattle cars at Umschlagplatz.
4. Photo exhibition of the documents (based on the book by Roman Wasserman Wróblewski, The Liberated 1945 - White Boat Mission from Bergen-Belsen to Sweden, related to Bergen-Belsen survivors who came to Sweden after the liberation in April 1945. German, British, and Swedish documents will be presented together with pictures of White Boats that brought survivors from Lübeck to Swedish harbors, a.o. Stockholm, Malmö, Gothenburg, Uddevalla, Kalmar and Norrköping.
5. The representative of our organizations took part in the official new center of education, Hadassa Neurim in Israel named after Janusz Korczak & Stefa Wilczynska in Beit Yanai and in the 9th International Conference on the Educational Legacy of Janusz Korczak held on November 26-27 in Tel Aviv.
1a. Remembering Holocaust Victims mainly from Bergen-Belsen who died shortly after they were brought to Sweden to receive medical care. Holocaust Monument at the North Jewish Cemetery, Stockholm.
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Remembering Holocaust Victims mainly from Bergen-Belsen that died shortly after they were brought to Sweden to receive medical care. The work is proceeding at the Swedish Archives and includes: Publishing the lists of Holocaust survivors who came with White Boats to Sweden during the Summer of 1945. and Publishing the survivor's personal stories.
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The work is proceeding at the Swedish Archives:
- Publishing the lists of Holocaust survivors that came with White Boats to Sweden during the Summer of 1945.
- Publishing the survivors' personal stories on a special homepage Liberated 1945 on the internet.
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Remembering Holocaust Victims mainly from Bergen-Belsen that died shortly after they were brought to Sweden to receive medical care. The work is proceeding at the Swedish Archives:
Publishing the information about the fate of Holocaust survivors after the liberation of Bergen-Belsen. Publishing book, the true story about White Boats to Sweden during the Summer of 1945.
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The work is further proceeding at the Swedish, Polish, and Israeli Archives, Bergen-Belsen Archives, and Arolsen Archives:
- Publishing the information about the fate of Holocaust survivors after the liberation of Bergen-Belsen.
- Publishing the book, about UNRRA White Boats to Sweden during the Summer of 1945 - The Liberated 1945 - White Boat Mission from Bergen-Belsen to Sweden.
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Remembering Holocaust Survivors from Bergen-Belsen that were brought to Sweden to receive medical care. Publishing the information (Book and homepage)about the fate in Sweden of Holocaust survivors after the liberation of Bergen-Belsen. Among others the story of Professor Halina Neujahr (Upper photographs) and Viola Horvath (Lower photos).
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Publishing the information about the fate in Sweden of Holocaust survivors after the liberation of Bergen-Belsen. Among others the story of Professor Halina Neujahr, Frymeta Ajnhorn, and Viola Horvath.
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Supporting the Mural project at the location adjoining the former Korczak Summer camp, “Rózyczka” at Goclawek. The first phase of the Project was initiated by the local Community and consists of a beautiful Mural with Korczak motives painted on the concrete wall previously bordering Rózyczka camp.
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2. In November 2019, Korczak Living Heritage Association (KLHA) created a Committee to Support the Korczak Mural Project in Marysin Wawerski (“KOMITET”), the location adjoining the former Korczak Summer camp, “Rózyczka”.
The first phase of the Project was initiated by the local Community and consists of a beautiful Mural with Korczak motives painted on the concrete wall previously bordering Rozyczka camp. In the Korczak spirit, neighborhood children themselves were engaged as helpers in its making. The Project is the creation of the artist, Bartosz Milewski and the photographer, Anna Gezik, with the help of the local historical researcher, Adam Matysiak, and the local politician, Lucan Zakrzewski, and others. Mr. Norbert Szczepanski, the Mayor of Wawer, has been praised for his support of this Project and its educational value in the fight against prejudice.
The KOMITET has proposed to extend the Mural in the westward direction to cover the otherwise unsightly bare cement of the existing wall. With this purpose in mind, the KOMITET will meet in the first week of January 2020 in Warsaw.
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| The third project is the exhibition of the models of the buildings where Korczak Dom Sierot was located and also other spots associated with Janusz Korczak such as Bershon & Baumans Hospital. The models are built in a scale 1:25 and include Rózyczka Summer Camp, a Wooden bridge over Chlodna Street, and Cattle cars at Umschlagplatz. |
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Photo exhibition of the documents related to Bergen-Belsen survivors that came to Sweden after the liberation in April 1945. German, British, and Swedish documents will be presented together with pictures of White Boats that brought survivors from Lubeck to Swedish harbors, a.o. Stockholm.
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| The representative of our organizations took part in the official new center of education, Hadassa Neurim named after Janusz Korczak and his assistant Stefa Wilczynska in Beit Yanai and in the 9th International Conference on the Educational Legacy of Janusz Korczak held on November 26-27 in Tel Aviv. |
5. The representative of our organizations took part in the official new center of education, Hadassa Neurim in Israel named after Janusz Korczak & Stefa Wilczynska in Beit Yanai and in the 9th International Conference on the Educational Legacy of Janusz Korczak held on November 26-27 in Tel Aviv.
