THE INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION FOR THE EVALUATION OF THE CRIMES OF THE NAZI AND SOVIET OCCUPATION REGIMES IN LITHUANIA ORGANIZES COMMEMORATIVE EVENTS ON THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF COMMEMORATION IN MEMORY OF THE VICTIMS OF THE HOLOCAUST (27 JANUARY)
The international Commission for the Evaluation of the Crimes of the Nazi and Soviet Occupation Regimes in Lithuania organizes commemorative events on the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust (27 January)
The events held on the 27th of January 2014:
The traditional national conference for teachers and students for the fourth year in a row is held in Radviliskis Vaizgantas Progymnasium. This year the conference participants are going to present different student creations such as: video films, performances, pageant plays. The topics addressed in the creations: the Holocaust inLithuaniaand in Europe: the history of the Jews inLithuania; famous Lithuanian Jews and their destiny; rescuers of Jews during the Holocaust. More than 250 teachers and students from different schools ofLithuaniaare expected to participate in the commemoration.
On the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust a large number of schools organize special lessons on the Holocaust, watch films, have discussions, meetings with the survivors and Jewish community members (exact numbers of the events will be reported after the 27th of January).
On January 27 each year the teachers organize different educational activities. The most active are the schools which have Tolerance Education Centres which have been established by the incentive of the International Commission for ten years already. Currently there is a network of 93 active Tolerance Education Centres. One of them Radviliskis Vaizgantas Progymnasium Tolerance Education Centre annually hosts the national conference for teachers and students.
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