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TEACHING ABOUT THE HOLOCAUST

IN ROMANIA

Author: Gabriel Stan - History Teacher

Bacau, Romania agstan67@hotmail.com; agstan67@yahoo.com;

Year 1941

Iaşi Pogrom

Iaşi Pogrom

A handshake finished with thousands of

dead Romanian

soldiers and the

extermination of almost

276.000 Jews

At the morgue

Sighet Ghetto

The yellow star

Death train

Shooting execution command

-12th June1942-

Exclusions and restrictions

Execution Command for Jews

-1944-

Jews washing the pavement in front of the Iasi Police

Bacau Cemetery

ROMANIA

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

AND RESEARCH

ORDER

Regarding the approval of “History of the Jews. The Holocaust.”

optional course curriculum for high

school.

According to the Education Law number 84/1995, reissued with all the subsequent modifications and completions;

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND RESEARCH

Issues the following order

Article 1. Approves “History of the Jews. The Holocaust.” optional course curriculum for high school.

Article 2. The National Council for Curriculum, Counties Departments of Education, High school directions will execute this order.

ORDER NR. 3916 from 28.05 2004

THE FIRST GROUP OF LEARNERS - 2004

ROMANIA

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

AND RESEARCH

ORDER

Regarding the approval of “History

of Jews. The Holocaust.” optional course curriculum for high school.

According to the Education Law number 84/1995, reissued with all the subsequent modifications and completions;

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND RESEARCH

Issues the following order

Article 1. (a) Approves “History of Jews. The Holocaust.” optional modified course curriculum for high school.

(b) At the date of approval of this order, the order nr. 3916/2004 will be revoked.

Article 2. National Council for Curriculum, Counties Departments of Education, High school directions will execute this order.

ORDER NR. 3916 from 28.05 2004

SPECIFIC ABILITIES CONTENT

1.1 Analyzing the cultural, political, social and economical factors which constitute the image of a society.

1.2 Integrating an event or a series of events in a chronological context.

1.3. Placing events and historical processes.

1.4. Analyzing the information from a document

through comparative methods.

Chapter I. Jews in Ancient and Medieval Times.

a. Jews during the Roman Empire

b. Jews during European Middle Ages: economical,

cultural and juridical status.

2.1 Expressing an opinion in an historical based language.

2.2 Recognizing the continuity, change and causality in the evolution of society.

2.3 Examining the direct and indirect consequences of human action.

2.4 Integrating an event or a series of events in an historical era.

2.5 Analyzing the cultural, political, social and economical factors which constitute the image of a

society.

2.6 Critical analysis of an individual’s actions.

Chapter II. The History of Romanian Jews.

a. The status of Jews before 1878.

b. Romanian Jews between 1878 - 1919. From marginalization to emancipation.

c. The emancipation of Jews.

d. Romanian Jews between 1919 - 1938.

e. Juridical status of Jews from Great Romania.

f. Participation of Jews in daily life.

g. Anti-Semitic manifestations (1919 - 1938).

h. The beginning of Anti-Semitic Legislation; Goga-

Cuza ruling.

i. New Anti-Semitism (1938 - 1944).

SPECIFIC ABILITIES CONTENT

3.1 Using adequate language during an oral or written presentation.

3.2 Expressing approval or disapproval in a social context.

3.3 Critical analysis of an individual’s actions in various situations.

3.4 Adequate utilization of time-space coordinates

regarding an historical subject.

Chapter III. About Anti-Semitism.

a. Types of intolerance: racism, xenophobia, Anti-Semitism and marginalization.

b. Anti-Semitism: definition, concepts and acceptation.

c. Evolution of Anti-Semitism: from the ancient to the modern society.

d. From modern nationalism to Nazism.

e. Exacerbation of Anti-Semitism. Adolf Hitler Anti-Semitism.

4.1 Using adequate language during an oral or written presentation.

4.2 Extracting the essential information from a message.

4.3 Expressing approval or disapproval in a social context.

4.4 Critical analysis of an individual’s actions in various situations.

4.5 Examining the direct and indirect consequences of human actions.

4.6 Recognition and acceptance of interculturality.

4.7 Composing a personal or group project using various resources.

Chapter IV. The Holocaust

a. What is the Holocaust? Terminology.

b. First steps towards the Holocaust.

c. Extermination policy of the Jews from Europe.

d. Economical, social, and political situation of the

Jews from Romania during the war.

e. Organization of the Jewish community during Antonescu’s administration.

f. Romanian Anti-Semitic legislation.

g. Antonescu’s regime and the Jews (1940 - 1944).

Legionary - national government.

Legionary rebellion.

Iasi Pogrom (29 June 1941).

SPECIFIC ABILITIES CONTENT

Chapter IV. The Holocaust

h) Extermination of Jews from Basarabia, Bucovina and Transnistria (1941 - 1944). The situation of the Jews form these provinces after 1942.

i) The situation of Northern Transylvania Jews

during the horthyst regime (May – June 1944).

j) The destiny of the Jews from Northern

Transylvania and Romania.

k) The persecution of the gypsies.

5.1 Critical analysis of an individual’s actions in various situations.

5.2 Integrating an event or a series of events in a chronological context.

5.3 Placing events and historical processes in a wider universal or Romanian historical context.

Chapter V. Romanian Citizens – Right amongst people. Solidarity actions of Romanians towards the Jews.

6.1 Recognizing an economical, socio - political, cultural-historical context.

6.2 Extracting the essential information from a message.

6.3 Composing a personal or group project using various resources.

6.4 Critical analysis of an individual’s actions in various situations.

6.5 Recognizing the similarities and differences between oneself and the other, between people,

between groups.

Chapter VI. Testimonies of the survivors.

a. Oral history.

b. Journals and personal papers.

c. Memories.

SPECIFIC ABILITIES CONTENT

7.1 Analyzing the cultural, political, social and economical factors which constitutes the image of a society.

7.2 Recognizing the continuity, change and causality in the evolution of society.

7.3 Examining the direct and indirect consequences

of human actions.

7.4 Placing events and historical processes in a wider

historical context.

7.5 Expressing approval or disapproval in a social

context.

7.6 Critical analysis of an individual’s actions in various situations.

Chapter VII. Perception of the Holocaust

during inter war time period.

a. Contemporary Anti-Semitism. Types of manifestation.

b. Denial of the Holocaust.

c. Communist regimes politics towards the Jews.

8.1 Recognizing and accepting the multiple perspective on historical facts and processes.

8.2 Recognizing the continuity, change and causality in the evolution of society.

8.3 Recognition and acceptance of interculturality.

8.4 Placing events and historical processes in a wider historical context.

8.5 Composing a personal or group project using various resources.

8.6 Appreciating the values of the past through its relation to the present.

Chapter VIII. The Jews in Today’s World.

a) Zionism.

b) Constitution of the State of Israel.

c) Conflict in the Middle East, Palestine and Israel.

d) Israel today.

SPECIFIC ABILITIES CONTENT

9.1 Appreciating the values of the past through its relation to the present.

9.2 Recognizing the similarities and differences between oneself and other, between people, between groups.

9.3 Recognizing the continuity, change and causality

in the evolution of society.

Chapter IX. Jewish Contribution to the Development of Romanian Economical and Cultural Patrimony.

The number of teachers who teach the optional course “Jewish History. The Holocaust” in high schools.

Selma Meerbaum

“Poems”

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND RESEARCH

THE NATIONAL CENTRE FOR

TEACHER TRAINING

DECISION NR. 41/2004

Regarding the accreditation of “Racism, Xenophobia, Anti-Semitism –

Educational Problems; Holocaust.” Teacher Training Course

DECIDES THE FOLLOWING:

Article 1. “Racism, Xenophobia, Anti-Semitism – Educational Problems; Holocaust.” The teacher training course is accredited for “Grigore Tabacaru” Teacher Training Center .

Article 2. This course will have thirty professional transferable credits.

Article3. “Grigore Tabacaru” Teacher Training Center will execute this order.

Article 4. This decision is communicated to “Grigore Tabacaru” Teacher Training Center.

HANDING DIPLOMAS TO THE PARTICIPANTS IN THE

PROGRAM - 2005

Long Life Learning Program for History Teachers about Teaching the History of Romanian Jews - the

Holocaust (Shoah)

Racism, Xenophobia, Anti-Semitism – Educational Problems; The Holocaust.

Project Justification

ARGUMENTS FOR THIS IN-TRAINING COURSE:

- The need to form, on a national level, a number of teachers in the secondary education that should obtain, at the end of this in-training program, the position of national trainers . - The choice made by the teachers of history and social sciences , that has been identified starting from the input analysis on the national, local, institutional level.

THE INPUT ANALYSIS: In 2003, the Ministry of Education and Research tested the teachers’ motivation about such courses. The questionnaire, made up of four questions, was handed out to the history teachers. A number of 5-10 high-schools have been selected from each county. A three-question questionnaire has been distributed to the students: in the end, one or two classes have been selected out of one or two high-schools from the county capital. The results are in favor of this course, on both county and national levels. For the first module about 25-30 history teachers are expected, from both countryside and cities. The outcome in percentage can be found at DGIP (the Ministry of Education and Research). The in-training program supplier himself, who attended in-training methodology and didactical courses about teaching the Holocaust in Romanian schools (the “Babes-Bolyai” University of Cluj Napoca, the Faculty of History, the “Moshe Carmilly” Institute of Judaic Studies and Jewish History, 120 hours, 2001-2002); the international seminar for teachers and educators, “Auschwitz, a Complex Symbol. Education at the memorial site” (Poland, 40 hours, 2001);

The Opening of the Training Program together with the Officials from the Ministry of Education and the USA Embassy

1. The history of the European Jews and the origins of anti-Semitism;

2. Nationalism, racism, xenophobia;

3. The History of the Holocaust (the Shoah)

4. The Holocaust, its causes, manifestations and social, cultural, psychological

implications.

5. The Holocaust mechanisms;

6. The Methodology of teaching the Holocaust – the core curriculum;

7. The Methodology of devising optional curses about the Holocaust (the Shoah);

8. New education of the XXI st century;

9. International educational programs concerning the Holocaust. (optional I)

THE EDUCATIONAL PLAN

HISTORY OF ROMANIAN JEWS. THE HOLOCAUST (SHOAHUL).

The Opening of the Training Program together with the Officials from the Ministry of Education and the USA Embassy

Program curriculum: Racism, xenophobia, anti-Semitism -

Educational problems. The Holocaust

Type of program: Medium term (240 hours)

86 60 Total

6/ planning an optional course for different levels of study.

4 Aspects regarding the teaching of the Holocaust.

11

10/ work-shop 4 Holocaust today – Contemporary interpretations; reflections.

10

10/ utilization of NTIC 8 The Holocaust and the post war period. 9

6/ Types of Culpabilities.

6 Culpabilities. 8

6/ Case study 4 The Attitude of Jewish population towards the Holocaust: resignation and resistance.

7

6/ work-shops. 4 Meetings with the survivors. 6

10/ consulting the documents 8 Romanian people and The Holocaust. (Romanian Holocaust.)

5

10/ utilization of NTIC 8 The second world war and The Holocaust. 4

10/ analytical study 6 What is the Holocaust ? 3

6/ etymology 4 From the XIX th century nationalism to Nazism.

2

6/ case study 4 About intolerance; Types of racism.

1

APPLICATIONS / TYPES LECTURES

NUMBER OF HOURS THEMES

NR. CRT

The Opening of the Training Program together with Her Excellency, the Ambassador of the Embassy of Israel, Rodica Radian Gordon and

Local Officials - 2006

Optional course I: New educations in « Knowledge Society ». Education for Good Understanding and Peace

10 5 TOTAL

2 (understanding and respecting the values and civilizations of other nations.)

1 Rights of the minorities. Raports between the majority and the minority.

5

2 ( New world order) 1 U.N. system 4

2 (Spiritual opening and international solidarity)

1 Global development. 3

2 (attachment towards justice and peace) 1 Maintaining the peace. 2

2 (Self respect and respect towards others) 1 Equality between people. 1

NUMBER OF HOURS WORK - SHOPS

Number of hours

Lectures THEMES

Nr crt.

Optional course II: International Educational Programs concerning the Holocaust.

This session will be organised only for the students that chose it (lectures and Internet applications.)

5 hours TOTAL

Utilization of NTIC 2 hours Washington Holocaust Memorial 3 hours 1

NUMBER OF HOURS Applications THEMES Nr. crt

The Opening of the Training Program together with Her Excellency, the Ambassador of the Embassy of Israel, Rodica Radian Gordon and

Local Officials - 2006

Name of the pedagogical module integrated to the “Teaching the Holocaust and the History

of Jews” life long learning programme for history teachers. NUMBER OF HOURS: 26

1. COURSE CURRICULUM c) Content:

Nr. Crt. THEMES NUMBER OF HOURS

PRESENTATION APPLICATIONS

1.

Present problems in the field of education.

1. Theoretical delimitations: education, training, formal, non-formal, informal and the rapports between them in learning the history.

2. New educations in knowledge society.

3. Education for peace: concept, relevance, possibilities of fulfilment.

3

3

Work-shops

Text analysis

Case study

etymology

2.

Curriculum and aspects of novelty

1. Concept of curriculum. Types of curriculum.

2. Psycho pedagogical problems peculiar to the conceiving of an curriculum from the perspective of definitive knowledge.

3. Designing – condition of an successful didactical activity.

4. Models of designing for various types of curriculum. Difficulties. Methods of overcoming them.

3

4

Comparative analysis

Analytical study

Work with micro groups

Heuristic conversation

Nr. Crt.

THEMES NUMBER OF HOURS

PRESENTATION APPLICATIONS

3.

Modern dimensions of didactical strategies domain

1.Theoretical delimitations.

2.Aspects of novelty in the field of lesson design.

3.Didactic process – other forms of organization.

4.Present tendencies in the field of didactical strategies.

5.The lesson: structure, types and versions.

2

4

Work-shops

Etymology

Case study

Heuristic

conversation

4. Evaluation and forming efficiency.

1. Theoretical delimitations.

2. Functions of evaluation.

3. The methodology of evaluation.

4. Alternative evaluation strategies (project, investigation,

portfolio).

2

3

Debate

Case study

Work-shop

Comparative

analysis

Exhibition -The Holocaust Seen through Children’s Eyes - 2006

Teacher Training Centers which have in their offer programs about Jewish History and the Holocaust

Number of teachers certified

Romanian Teachers who participated at Teaching Holocaust

Seminars in:

“Grigore Tabacaru” Teacher The Federation of the Training Center Bacau Romanian Jewish Communities

The Association for “Elie Wiesel” Romanian National Institute African and Oriental Studies for the Study of the Holocaust

International Conference Racism, Xenophobia, Anti-Semitism – Educational Problems;

Holocaust

11th – 13th May 2007

Slanic Moldova “Venus” Hotel

Bacau

Roots of Holocaust in Romania . Traditions and anti – Semitic mentalities by professor dr. Liviu Rotman – National School of Political and Administrative Studies, The Center for the Study of the History of the Jews from Romania. Hidden Pains (documentary) produced by Michelle Kelso – U.S.A. Director Holocaust Particularities in Romanian Context, dr. Lya Benjamin – The Center for the Study of the History of the Jews from Roma From the Anti – Semitic Aesthetics to the Anti – Semitic Policy in the Field of Culture (1900 – 1944), professor Dr. George Voicu - “Elie Wiesel” Romanian National Institute for the Study of the Holocaust. Children and The Holocaust, Gina Pană – Israeli Embassy Lessons about The Holocaust. Applications on the Internet. Anca Ciuciu - The Center for the Study of the History of the Jews from Romania.

Denial of the Holocaust, professor Dr. Liviu Rotman , National School of Political and Administrative Studies – Director of the Center for the Study of the History of the Jews from Romania. Holocaust Aspects from Basarabia, Theodor Magder - first counsellor, A.O.C.E. from the Republic of Moldavia. Anti-Semitism and Denial in Mass – media, University Lecturer dr. Alexandru Florian – executive president; “Elie Wiesel” Romanian National Institute for the Study of the Holocaust. Shattering Confessions. Survivals of the Holocaust. Forgotten Holocaust., Otto Adler (president), dr. eng. Liviu Beris (vice-president) – Romanian Jews Association – Victims of the Holocaust Teaching Holocaust. Successful Educational Models, Hava Baruch – Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial, Jerusalem, Israel

Conference

“Particularities of the Holocaust in Romanian Context. Romany Tragedy.”

associated to the

“Racism, Xenophobia, Anti-Semitism – Educational Problems; The Holocaust” Course,

6th June 2007

Valea Budului, Bacau County

Casa Corpului Didactic “Grigore Tabacaru” Bacău Asociaţia Evreilor Victime ale Holocaustului din România

Asociaţia pentru Studii Africane şi Orientale Federaţia Comunităţilor Evreieşti din România

Primăria Oraşului Comăneşti Institutul Naţional pentru

Studierea Holocaustului din România “Elie Wiesel” Şcoala cu clasele I –VIII nr. 7 Comăneşti

„Grigore Tabacaru” Teachers Training Center Bacau Romanian Jews Association – Victims of the

Holocaust The Association for African and Oriental Studies

The Federation of the Romanian Jewish Communities

Comanesti City Hall “Elie Wiesel” Romanian National Institute for the

Study of the Holocaust School no.7 Comanesti

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

COMBATING DISCRIMINATION AND PROMOTING MUTUAL RESPECT AND UNDERSTANDING

THROUGH KNOWING THE XXth CENTURY TRAGEDIES, HOLOCAUST AND COMMUNISM;

NEW EDUCATIONS OF THE XXIst CENTURY

November 16th 2007 – Comanesti

Location: Ghika Palace Bacau, Romania

November 17th, November 18th 2007 - Slanic – Moldova

Location: “Venus” Hotel Bacau, Romania

Aspects Regarding Teaching the Holocaust in Romanian Schools - Professor Doru Dumitrescu – General Inspector - The Ministry of Education, Research and Youth; Mihai Manea Bucharest Department of Education – History Inspector; Access to Information Regarding the Teaching of Holocaust in Romania - lecturer doctor Felicia Waldman - “Goldstein Goren” Center for Hebrew Studies, Bucharest University, Philology Faculty; New Educations in the XXI-st Century – Daniel Stejerean – executive director - Simleu – Silvaniei Northern Transylvania Holocaust Memorial Museum; Successful Educational Models – Teacher Mihaela Elena Prisacariu, Teacher Vasile Dumitriu “D. Ghika” Technical College Comanesti; Scattered Racism in Romanian Political Culture – Cristian Parvulescu – president of “Pro Democratia” Association, Bucharest; C.N.C.D.’s Expertise in Combating Discrimination Based on Ethnical or National Criteria - Ioniţă Gheorghe, member in C.N.C.D. managing board; Romanian Shoal in Occidental Archives - Professor Dr. Carol Iancu – “Paul Valery University, Montpellier, France; Anti-Semitism and Masked Racism, Opinions of the Population Regarding Interethnic Relations in Romania - University Lecturer dr. Alexandru Florian – executive president; “Elie Wiesel” Romanian National Institute for the Study of the Holocaust.

Anatomy of Romanian Holocaust, Professor Liviu Rotman, National School of Political and Administrative Studies – director of the Center for the Study of the History of the Jews from Romania; Moldavian Counties during the Holocaust - Lya Benjamin – The Center for the Study of the History of the Jews from Romania; “Why the Jews?” - dr. eng. Liviu Beris (vice-president) – Romanian Jews Association Victims of the Holocaust. The Role of Image in Progressive Teaching of Holocaust - Anca Ciuciu , researcher – The Center for the Study of the History of the Jews from Romania. Shattering Confessions. Survivals of the Holocaust. Forgotten Holocaust, dr. Oliver Lustig dr. Hary Kuller – Romanian Jews Association – Victims of the Holocaust. Anti - Semitic Messages in Romanian Mass – media – Qualitative Analysis, Cosmina Gusu – Researcher -“Elie Wiesel” Romanian National Institute for the Study of the Holocaust. Contemporary Anti-Semitism – Statistics and Risk Factors, Luiza Popa - Researcher -“Elie Wiesel” Romanian National Institute for the Study of the Holocaust. Actuality and Tendencies in European and International Anti – Semitism, George Botescu – Researcher -“Elie Wiesel” Romanian National Institute for the Study of the Holocaust

„Grigore Tabacaru”Teacher Training Center Bacau

Moldova Conference

His Excellency David Oren, Ambassador of Israel in Romania will

lecture on the

“Romanian – Israeli Bilateral Relations. Present tendencies.”

Moldavia Conference, 53 Oituz Street, Bacau

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

•Speech – Pastor Marius Munteanu, President of Moldavia Conference; Professor Gabriel Stan, Director of “Grigore Tabacaru” Teacher Training Center -Bacau County;

•“Romanian – Israeli bilateral relations. Present tendencies.” – His Excellency David Oren, Ambassador of Israel in Bucharest;

•Teaching about the Holocaust in Romania – professor Gabriel Stan;

•Questions and answers.

Opening of “Bacau 600 – Together for an European and Prosper Community”

Project

Wednesday, May 7th 2008

at “Dr. Alexandru Şafran” School, Bacau

Book signing - "ALEXANDRU ŞAFRAN. A LIFE OF STRUGGLE, A RAY OF LIGHT", written by Professor Carol Iancu

Guests: •Professor Carol Iancu, •Professor Avinoam Şafran – rabbi’s son, Manager of the Ophthalmology Clinic Geneva Teaching Hospital, •Professor Ester Starobinski-Şafran, rabbi’s daughter, Geneva University Philosophy Faculty and her husband, jurist Joseph Starobinski Geneva Court of Justice •representatives from the Israeli Embassy, The Federation of the Jewish Communities from Romania and Bacau County Jewish Community.

“Grigore Tabacaru” Teacher Training Center Bacau “Stephan the Great” National Pedagogical College Bacau

The Association for African and Oriental Studies

INTERNATIONAL PEDAGOGICAL SEMINAR

THE IMPORTANCE OF STUDYING THE RACIST,

XENOPHOBIC, ANTI-SEMITIC PHENOMENON IN ROMANIA

ASPECTS REGARDING THE TEACHING THE HOLOCAUST.

ROLE OF IMAGE IN PROGRESSIVE TEACHING OF HOLOCAUST

26 – 27 May 2008

Monday, May 26th 2008, “Stephan the Great” National Pedagogical College Bacau

“The Way It Really Happened!” – Presentation of student’s activities (poetry, essays, drawings), realized during „History of the Jews. The Holocaust” optional course, coordinated by Jeny Ghioc teacher at “Stephan the Great” National Pedagogical High School Bacau; „The Children and the Holocaust” – Presentation of student’s activities (poetry, essays, drawings), realized during „History of the Jews. The Holocaust” optional course, coordinated by Oana Mădălina Cruceanu teacher at "Anghel Saligny" Technical High School, Bacau; “The Holocaust, Tragedy of Humanity” - Presentation of student’s activities (poetry, essays, drawings), realized during „History of the Jews. The Holocaust” optional course coordinated by Lăcrămioara Mihăilă and Oana Văsâi teachers at "Ferdinand I" National High School, Bacau; “Romanian - Israeli Relations - 60 years of cooperation", Professor Jeny Ghioc, “Stephan the Great” National Pedagogical High School Bacau; “Hava Nagila”, Miniconcert given by the students of “Stephan the Great” National Pedagogical High school coordinated by teacher Dorina Caşcaval. „Jewish Witnesses of a Romanian Century. Oral History - Didactical Applications”, Anca Ciuciu, coordinator Centropa Bucharest, researcher, The Central Europe Center for Research and Documentation.

Exposition „Jewish Witnesses of an European Century; Photography and Stories from Centropa Interviews”:

Preservation and rebirth of the memories about the Jewish world;

About us;

Jewish life in today’s Romania;

Holocaust in Romania;

In the army;

At work;

Community life;

In the holiday;

At home;

At school;

Free Time ;

Portraits;

Religious life;

The Holocaust.

“Why and how can we teach the Holocaust - pedagogical ideas.” „Presentation of Yad Vashem pedagogical units.” - Professor Lea Roshkovsky, coordinator, Yad Vashem International School for the Study of Holocaust, Jerusalem, Israel; “How can we use the testimonies without the survivors”, “The final solution”, “Teaching the Holocaust through art and „The last letters” Professor Lea Roshkovsky, coordinator, Yad Vashem International School for the Study of Holocaust, Jerusalem, Israel;

Opening of “Spirit of Jerusalem”

Exhibition

Monday, September 22nd at 5 P.M.

„George Apostu” International Centre for Culture and Arts Bacau

The exhibition is associated to the manifestations dedicated to the celebration of 60 years from the birth of the State of Israel.

Embassy of Israel in Bucharest “Grigore Tabacaru” Teacher Training Center Bacau

„George Apostu” International Centre for Culture and Arts Bacau Moldova Conference

• “Messengers of Hope” Bells – diapason orchestra - Geanina Sălăgean- director;

• Soprano Gabriela Pepelea, Canto Professor at Piatra – Neamt Music University;

• Pianist Geanina Sălăgean - "Victor Brauner", Arts High-school Piatra – Neamt.

NATIONAL CONFERENCE

EDUCATION ABOUT THE HOLOCAUST.

COMBATING DISCRIMINATION AND

ANTI-SEMITISM IN ROMANIA

21st -23rd NOVEMBER 2008

CRISTIAN - BRAŞOV

“Grigore Tabacaru” Teachers Training Center Bacau The Association for African and Oriental Studies

Romanian Jews Association – Victims of the Holocaust “Elie Wiesel” Romanian National Institute for the Study of the Holocaust

The Federation of the Romanian Jewish Communities

Political Commitment of the Orthodox Church during Inter – Wartime –

dr. Gina Pană – associated researcher - Elie Wiesel” Romanian National Institute for the Study of the Holocaust.

Dori Popovici’s Memoir a Document of Holocaust - Lya Benjamin– The Center for the Study of the History of the Jews from Romania;

Ion Antonescu, Between Myth and Reality? - dr. eng. Liviu Beris Romanian Jews Association Victims of the Holocaust

Childhood before the Holocaust – Lesson plan based on the testimony of Gavrilă Marcuson (born 1913, Bucharest) – Anca Ciuciu – researcher - Elie Wiesel” Romanian National Institute for the Study of the Holocaust

Testimony of a Birkenau - Auschwitz Survivor – dr. Oliver Lustig vice - president – Romanian Jews Association – Victims of the Holocaust

Forced Labor Regime of Romanian Jews between 1940 - 1944 – Ana Bărbulescu –

researcher - Elie Wiesel” Romanian National Institute for the Study of the Holocaust

Opposition in Assuming the Holocaust – a Serious Problem of Contemporary

Romanian Society - prof. univ. dr. Liviu Rotman – National School of Political and

Administrative Studies – director of the Center for the Study of the History of the Jews from

Romania

Testimony of a Transnistria Survivor – Sarina Ionescu – Romanian Jews

Association – Victims of the Holocaust Testimony of an Iasi Progrom Survivor -

Leonard Zăicescu – Romanian Jews Association – Victims of the Holocaust

Nicolae C. Paulescu, theoretician of scientific Anti-Semitism – prof. dr. Horia

Bozdoghină – Industrial High School Sibiu.

Prevention and combating discrimination in Romania. - Csaba Ferenc Asztalos –

president – National Council for Combating the Discrimination

Contemporary Roma Identity between Stereotype and Archetype – dr. Delia Grigore –

Amare Romentza Foundation.

Successful Educational Models. Application of National Curriculum Regarding the Study of Holocaust in Romanian Schools. - prof. Petriţa Bîlbîie „D. Ghika” Technical College Comăneşti ; prof. Oana Mădălina Cruceanu –„Anghel Saligny” Technical College Bacău; prof. Jeny Ghioc – Ştefan cel Mare” National Pedagogical College Bacău; prof. Marinela Lăcrămioara Mihăilă –„Ferdinand I” National College Bacău; prof. Mogoş Iosif – „George Coşbuc” National Bilingual College Bucureşti.

Halevi Family, between Past and Future – about the Suffering of the Jews. – Executive director - Simleu – Silvaniei Northern Transylvania Holocaust Memorial Museum;

The Inauguration of the Memorial of the Holocaust in Romania, Bucharest, October 2009

Commemorating the Holocaust in Romania

The discourse of the Romanian president,

Traian Băsescu

The Romanian Parliament, “Al. I. Cuza” Room, Bucharest, October 2009

An informational meeting with E.S. Mark Gitenstein, the U.S.A. Ambassador in Bucharest

Commemorating the Holocaust in Romania

Twinning between MOINESTI and Rosh Pinna, Israel, May - October

2010

SEMINAR

THE ETHNIC MINORITIES AND THE

PROCESS OF MODERNIZATION IN THE

CITY OF BACĂU –THE JEWS 24th NOVEMBER 2010

BACAU

Teacher Training Center “Grigore Tabacaru” Bacau The National Institute for the Studying of the Holocaust in Romania “Elie Wiesel”

Eurocivica Association The Association for European Integration and Development (AIDE)

The Association for African and Oriental Studies

• Documentary „Bacau in the Past” – Vladimir Lucaveţchi – director and scriptwriter.

• Bacau – a Multiethnic Area - prof. univ. Liviu Rotman, PhD. – managing director –

The Center for the Study of the History of the Jews from Romania – The National

School of Political and Administrative Studies, Bucharest.

• The Psycho Sociology of the Jew from Bacau – Hary Kuller – researcher – The

Center for the Study of the History of the Jews from Romania.

• The Rabbi from Buhuşi – prof. drd. Dumitru Ficuţă – inspector, teacher

methodologist Teachers’ Training Centre Bacau – Bacau Inspectorate of Education.

• The Jewish Contribution to the Economical Development of the City of Bacau–

Măriuca Stanciu, PhD. – department head – The Academical Romanian Library.

• The Jews from Bacau. Contribution to the Development of the City – prof. drd. Jeny

Ghioc – inspector on history – Bacau Inspectorate of Education.

• Mandatory Working Conditions for the Jews from Bacau - Laura Degeratu –

researcher – National School for the Study of Holocaust from Romania “Elie Wiesel”.

•The Photo – a Document for Knowing the Iasi Massacre - drd. Anca Ciuciu –

researcher - The Center for the Study of the History of the Jews from Romania.

The Conference on „ THE HOLOCAUST IN ROMANIA, BETWEEN MUSEOGRAPHIC

REPRESENTATION AND THE DISCIPLINE OF EDUCATION”.

The Romanian Cultural Institute in Tel Aviv , Israel 15th – 19th June 2011

The lecture on „ Aspects of the Holocaust. Between Academic discipline and the History

Told in Museums”.

Commemorating 70 years from the Iaşi Pogrom

History and Remembrance 26th - 29th June 2011, Iaşi

The Medal of Honour “Friend of the Jewish Communities in Romania”