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Jakub Niewinski started the topic My reflection in the forum On Austrian Soil 2023 Summer Seminar Responses: due MAY 30 11 months ago
“I began to hate the mords – the Germans, the Austrians, the Poles – anyone who participated in the destruction. I began to hate God for allowing it to happen. And, I think, I also began to hate myself” (p.25)
I was very touched by this passage, because in lessons about the Holocaust and other crimes, we ask ourselves who will sue evil, who is…[Read more]
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Jakub Niewinski replied to the topic Reflection – Second time around 2023 in the forum On Austrian Soil 2023 Summer Seminar Responses: due MAY 30 11 months ago
Dear Ashley,
Thank you for your reflections. I agree with you, especially that in our work very important is creating a safe space where students can be brave. Today in Poland we have challenges related to populism and propaganda. Sexual minorities, for example, are discriminated against – I will be talking about this in New York,
all the best
Jakub -
Jakub Niewinski started the topic Shalom from POLIN/POLAND in the forum 2023 Summer Seminar Participant Introductions: due MAY 15 11 months, 3 weeks ago
HI EVERYONE!
I am Jakub/Jacob from Poland and I live in Poznań. I love challenges and I really enjoy working with YOUNG people. I am a human rights educator, Jewish museum guide ethics teacher and Phd student – my doctoral thesis will be on sensivity among Polish and Ukrainians students.
I was going to attend TOLI Seminar last year but I had…[Read more]
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Jakub Niewinski started the topic A touching reading in the forum On Austrian Soil – 2022 Summer Seminar Responses 1 year, 10 months ago
“I began to hate the perpetrators – the Germans, the Austrians, the Poles – anyone who participated in the destruction. I began to hate God for allowing it to happen. And, I think, I also began to hate myself” (p.25)
“I sit down at a table in the corner and look out at the group. I no longer see Austrians. I see individuals who are becoming my…[Read more] -
Jakub Niewinski replied to the topic Hellos and Introductions in the forum 2022 Summer Seminar Participant Introductions 1 year, 10 months ago
Hi Everyone!!!
I am Jakub/Kuba or Kobi, as well:):):)
I am presently a PhD student at University of Zielona Gora as well as a teacher of ethics at primary school level, in Murowana Goslina – in a small unique town in the west of Poland where Jews, Poles and German lived together prior to WWII. With my students I strive to bring back the memory o…[Read more]
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