The website "Learning from History" is a publication platform
for educational projects (realized in schools and in out-of-school, youth education) dedicated to the history
of Poland and its neighbors in the 20th century.
"Dig Where You are Standing" Malchow: A sub-camp of Ravensbrück
26.06.2009 Opiekun: Ulrike Jäger

Students began by surveying classmates about their knowledge of the Malchow concentration camp, a sub-camp of Ravensbrück. In order to keep the camp's memory alive in the town, the students conducted an archaeological dig and compiled information resulting from their studies. In 1997, the project won second prize in the first statewide contest about memorial work in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
Project derived from partner website "Lernen aus der Geschichte".

"Euthanasia" at Bernburg : Mass Murder of the Aged and Infirm
17.02.2010 Opiekun: Ute Hoffmann

The Bernburg memorial offers materials to teachers to help them prepare their students for a first visit to the site. More than 14,000 patients and prisoners were killed in Bernburg between 1940 and 1943 during the euthanasia program. The students read historical documents about "racial hygiene," involuntary sterilization and euthanasia. They also analyze how a majority forms its opinions about socially marginal groups. Project derived from partner website "Lernen aus der Geschichte".

"Exile- Waiting for Return or a Fresh Start?" - A study trip for young Europeans
03.08.2011 Opiekun: Real Maestranza de Ronda, CEU Sant Pablo, EUSTORY

18 young Europeans, winners of historical competitions of the EUSTORY Network, met in Madrid to explore the phenomenon of exile in Europe today. 

Anti-Racism Project For Unemployed Youth
02.04.2009 Opiekun: Dr. Michael Düsing, Heike Liebsch

Since 1998, unemployed youth have been researching Jewish history in their home town of Freiberg and neighboring Czech cities as part of a job qualification program to become "specialists for information and media services". Besides working in archives and meeting eyewitnesses, they also tend and document Jewish cemeteries in Saxony and North Bohemia. Project derived from partner website "Lernen aus der Geschichte".

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