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Local Jewish History Walks in Hungary - IWalk Program to Commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Holocaust in Hungary

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Thematic focus

  • Local History
  • Cultural History
  • Other Forms of History Education
  • Digital Media in History Education
  • Teaching Sensitive Histories
  • Histories of Discrimination and Persecution
  • Remembrance / Collective Memory
  • Holocaust
  • History of National Minorities
  • History of Anti-Semitism
  • Cross-regional
  • Second World War

Language

Hungarian

Country

Hungary

Address

Hungary

Date

15 - 19 April 2024

Time

08:00 - 17:00

(GMT+01:00) Budapest

Contact

zachor@zachor.hu

Description

On the Holocaust Memorial Day in Hungary, as well as during the Memorial Week, the Zachor Foundation organizes video-interview-based local history walking tours in numerous towns across the country, in collaboration with local educators and institutions. These tours simultaneously commemorate the victims and survivors while introducing participants to Jewish religion, culture, and the absence of the Jewish community in various towns. The IWalk program is a digital educational initiative of the USC Shoah Foundation implemented in Hungary by the Zachor Foundation. The freely accessible IWalk mobile application allows individuals to explore the history of the Jewish community in a particular town through self-guided or guided local history walks. Throughout the tours, participants learn about the history and present of the local Jewish community through the personal stories of former residents, Holocaust survivors' video testimonies, and other site-specific sources such as archival photos and documents. Reflective, thought-provoking questions accompany the interpretation of what is seen at various locations and stops. 📲 The IWalk application is available for free download on the AppStore (https://apps.apple.com/.../iwalk-usc-shoah.../id1176057571) and Google Play (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details...) stores. The program is aimed at students and all interested individuals. The towns participating in the program are: Aszód, Győr, Nagykanizsa, Vecsés, Kecskemét, Sopron, Kisvárda, Miskolc, Bácsalmás, Mátészalka, Szolnok, Székesfehérvár, Baja, Pécs, Hódmezővásárhely, Budapest, Békéscsaba, Szeged, Mád, Bodrogkeresztúr, Olaszliszka, Abaújszántó, Keszthely, Balatonboglár.

Organiser

Zachor Foundation for Social Remembrance