Description
The project addresses the spread of hate speech, racism and xenophobia in Bulgaria. The project aims at promoting greater tolerance by reference to the collective memory of the Holocaust. First, the Bulgarian Jewish communities in the 20th century in the cities of Ruse, Shumen and Varna will be studied including 30 interviews with Jewish community members. Second, data will be processed and digitalized with the help of 30 students aged 14-17. Third, a documentary exhibition on the plight and rescue of the Jews will be organized and presented in each of the above 3 cities for a month. Finally, a training programme on the Holocaust for high school students will be prepared, disseminated among 100 schools in North Bulgaria and presented to students from each city at 5 discussions. The project will benefit the students, young people, the Jewish community, the regional museums and the public. The 3 partners will help with field research, the training programme and the discussions.
Summary of project results
The subject of the Holocaust is an ordeal for the public. It was needed to involve young people in the debate about the suffering and salvation through the example of the preserved and valorized local memory about the Jewish communities. For the first time in Bulgaria a field survey among the Jewish communities was carried out in line with the digitalization methodology that was developed. The results were disseminated among the target groups using the partner museums as the media and agents of change. The field survey took place among 30 representatives of the Jewish communities in the form of video interviews about 60 minute long on average. A travelling exhibition was displayed in Rousse, Shumen, Varna and Sofia with more than 3500 visitors and the bilingual catalogue from the exhibition was published and disseminated among 50 institutions and organizations in Bulgaria and abroad. An education and discussion module was prepared and involved 350 school students and an essay contest took part with 34 participants. A collection of research materials was compiled and disseminated among an audience of more than 240 direct viewers and more than 50 institutions in Bulgaria and abroad. We are convinced at the end of this project that the survey of the Jewish communities with the help of our methodology, the questionnaire and the audio-visual technology, is unique for Bulgaria. For more information and access to all project outputs, please, visit:
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Summary of bilateral results