Okno naděje

Window of Hope

Okno naděje

Window of Hope

Okno naděje

Window of Hope

A collection of creative projects exploring the Jewish community in Hradec Králové and the painter Dicker-Brandeis.

Hometown

Country

School

Hradec Králové

The Czech Republic  

Obchodní akademie, SOŠ a JŠ s právem státní jazykové zkoušky

A collection of creative projects exploring the Jewish community in Hradec Králové and the painter Dicker-Brandeis.

Hometown

Country

School

Hradec Králové

The Czech Republic  

Obchodní akademie, SOŠ a JŠ s právem státní jazykové zkoušky

A collection of creative projects exploring the Jewish community in Hradec Králové and the painter Dicker-Brandeis.

Hometown

Country

School

Hradec Králové

The Czech Republic  

Obchodní akademie, SOŠ a JŠ s právem státní jazykové zkoušky

Research

Learning

Students explored the history of the Jewish settlement in their hometown, from the earliest of records right through to the devastation of World War Two. They researched the Nuremberg Laws and how these ultimately led to the loss of the entire Jewish community in their town. They also explored the life of prominent Jewish painter Friedl Dicker-Brandeis, who was killed in Auschwitz.

Students learned about the ‘Stones of the Disappeared’, and this presented them with the opportunity to participate in laying down the first two stolpersteine in their town, including a stone for Friedl Dicker-Brandeis. Focusing on the experience of an individual from their own hometown deepened students understanding and enabled them to connect more profoundly with the tragedy of the Holocaust.

Research

Learning

Students explored the history of the Jewish settlement in their hometown, from the earliest of records right through to the devastation of World War Two. They researched the Nuremberg Laws and how these ultimately led to the loss of the entire Jewish community in their town. They also explored the life of prominent Jewish painter Friedl Dicker-Brandeis, who was killed in Auschwitz.

Students learned about the ‘Stones of the Disappeared’, and this presented them with the opportunity to participate in laying down the first two stolpersteine in their town, including a stone for Friedl Dicker-Brandeis. Focusing on the experience of an individual from their own hometown deepened students understanding and enabled them to connect more profoundly with the tragedy of the Holocaust.

Research

Students explored the history of the Jewish settlement in their hometown, from the earliest of records right through to the devastation of World War Two. They researched the Nuremberg Laws and how these ultimately led to the loss of the entire Jewish community in their town. They also explored the life of prominent Jewish painter Friedl Dicker-Brandeis, who was killed in Auschwitz.

Learning

Students learned about the ‘Stones of the Disappeared’, and this presented them with the opportunity to participate in laying down the first two stolpersteine in their town, including a stone for Friedl Dicker-Brandeis. Focusing on the experience of an individual from their own hometown deepened students understanding and enabled them to connect more profoundly with the tragedy of the Holocaust.

Enrichment

Sharing

Students shared their learning in a wide variety of creative ways. They filmed and annotated videos, including a fictional interview with Dicker-Brandeis, and made films surveying local community awareness of Dicker-Brandeis’ life. They also made a video of students performing at the laying of stolpersteine and photographed views from windows to reflect and honour Brandeis’s artwork.

The project was presented in the school auditorium to fellow students and teachers, and a presentation was then displayed during the school’s Open Days as part of the community meeting programme. Students have now donated their entire project to the museum of Hronov so that others can learn more about their town’s history.

Enrichment

Sharing

Students shared their learning in a wide variety of creative ways. They filmed and annotated videos, including a fictional interview with Dicker-Brandeis, and made films surveying local community awareness of Dicker-Brandeis’ life. They also made a video of students performing at the laying of stolpersteine and photographed views from windows to reflect and honour Brandeis’s artwork.

The project was presented in the school auditorium to fellow students and teachers, and a presentation was then displayed during the school’s Open Days as part of the community meeting programme. Students have now donated their entire project to the museum of Hronov so that others can learn more about their town’s history.

Enrichment

Students shared their learning in a wide variety of creative ways. They filmed and annotated videos, including a fictional interview with Dicker-Brandeis, and made films surveying local community awareness of Dicker-Brandeis’ life. They also made a video of students performing at the laying of stolpersteine and photographed views from windows to reflect and honour Brandeis’s artwork.

Sharing

he project was presented in the school auditorium to fellow students and teachers, and a presentation was then displayed during the school’s Open Days as part of the community meeting programme. Students have now donated their entire project to the museum of Hronov so that others can learn more about their town’s history.

“The world can always be better and more hopeful behind a window.”

“The world can always be better and more hopeful behind a window.”

“The world can always be better and more hopeful behind a window.”

Student Presentation

Read about their work below.

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Student Presentation

Read about their work below.

Student Presentation

Read about their work below.

More Projects

See other projects from Hometowns in The Czech Republic.

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More Projects

See other projects from Hometowns in The Czech Republic.

Nymburk
Opava
Return to the My Hometown Gallery to view even more projects.