The Jewish history ofWrocław:

A Centropa Project

Joanna ZimnowodaBeata Skuza

Centropa: inspired us get our students interested in the Jewish history of our city, Wrocław.

The project: Following the traces of Jewish culture in Wrocław.

Goals: - a photo exhibition of student photographs of part of the old Jewish quarter), The White Stork Synagogue and the old Jewish cemetery on Ślężna street.

- a special edition of school magazine fully dedicated to Jewish Wrocław.

http://mam.media.pl/published/issue/6138/15927

Centropa helped us with the most important part of our project: a short video about the Jewish history of our city. Thanks to Centropa materials our students could learn how to make such videos and how to present them.

Two Centropa films — about MieczysławWeinryb and HayaLea Detinko – taught ourstudents how to present the history of Wrocław.

Photo taken in: ZamoscPhoto taken in: Novostav,1927

The material covered in the film about MieczysławWeinryb told us a lot about the culture, traditions of Jews and their history during the World War II in terms of their migrations to ZSSR. Therefore, our students were really prepared to have an interview with AleksanderGleichgewicht , the President of Jewish Religious Community in Wrocław, whose parents also emigrated to ZSSR during the World War II.

AlelsanderGleichgewichtwithPARNAS’sstudents on Wlodkowica street, Wroclaw

On the other hand the film about Haya Lea Detinko was a great source of inspiration on how to narrate the story, how to edit the videos so they could make logical sequence and finally how to present photographic materials.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YePpl_uRE1g&feature=youtu.be