Oświęcimski Marsz Śmierci

Auschwitz Death March

Oświęcimski Marsz Śmierci

Auschwitz Death March

Oświęcimski Marsz Śmierci

Auschwitz Death March

Researching stories of horror and survival from the Auschwitz death march through Rybnik.

Hometown

Country

School

Rybnik

Poland

II Liceum Ogólnokształcące z Oddziałami Dwujęzycznymi im. Andrzeja Frycza Modrzewskiego  

Researching stories of horror and survival from the Auschwitz death march through Rybnik.

Hometown

Country

School

Rybnik

Poland

II Liceum Ogólnokształcące z Oddziałami Dwujęzycznymi im. Andrzeja Frycza Modrzewskiego

Researching stories of horror and survival from the Auschwitz death march through Rybnik.

Hometown

Country

School

Rybnik

Poland

II Liceum Ogólnokształcące z Oddziałami Dwujęzycznymi im. Andrzeja Frycza Modrzewskiego

Research

Learning

Students researched the Auschwitz Death March which passed through Rybnik and neighbouring villages. An interview with a local writer specialising in the Jewish history of the region led to further discoveries of what happened during the Death March, and students were able to meet with the descendants of those who helped people escape from the march.

Students rediscovered the history behind the Auschwitz Death March and its implications for inhabitants of the region. They explored the role of the Zimon family who helped escapees from the Death March survive. Students also learnt about the Rybnik residents named ‘Righteous Among the Nations,’ individuals who risked their lives, freedom or position to help Jews persecuted by Nazi Germany.

Research

Learning

Students researched the Auschwitz Death March which passed through Rybnik and neighbouring villages. An interview with a local writer specialising in the Jewish history of the region led to further discoveries of what happened during the Death March, and students were able to meet with the descendants of those who helped people escape from the march.

Students rediscovered the history behind the Auschwitz Death March and its implications for inhabitants of the region. They explored the role of the Zimon family who helped escapees from the Death March survive. Students also learnt about the Rybnik residents named ‘Righteous Among the Nations,’ individuals who risked their lives, freedom or position to help Jews persecuted by Nazi Germany.

Research

Students researched the Auschwitz Death March which passed through Rybnik and neighbouring villages. An interview with a local writer specialising in the Jewish history of the region led to further discoveries of what happened during the Death March, and students were able to meet with the descendants of those who helped people escape from the march.

Learning

Students rediscovered the history behind the Auschwitz Death March and its implications for inhabitants of the region. They explored the role of the Zimon family who helped escapees from the Death March survive. Students also learnt about the Rybnik residents named ‘Righteous Among the Nations,’ individuals who risked their lives, freedom or position to help Jews persecuted by Nazi Germany.

Enrichment

Sharing

Focusing specifically on the Death March as it passed through Rybnik enabled students to connect a ‘distant’ historical event with local and personal significance. The interviews with historians and descendants of the Zimon family enabled students to produce a rich presentation combining photos, interviews, historical research and video, creating a powerful exploration of the horrors of the Death March.

The school first plans to share their project with the wider school community via internal events, the school website and a supporting news article. Students were excited to share their learning internationally through the ‘My Hometown’ student conference and are hoping this platform will help them share their project with many others around the world.

Enrichment

Sharing

Focusing specifically on the Death March as it passed through Rybnik enabled students to connect a ‘distant’ historical event with local and personal significance. The interviews with historians and descendants of the Zimon family enabled students to produce a rich presentation combining photos, interviews, historical research and video, creating a powerful exploration of the horrors of the Death March.

The school first plans to share their project with the wider school community via internal events, the school website and a supporting news article. Students were excited to share their learning internationally through the ‘My Hometown’ student conference and are hoping this platform will help them share their project with many others around the world.

Enrichment

Focusing specifically on the Death March as it passed through Rybnik enabled students to connect a ‘distant’ historical event with local and personal significance. The interviews with historians and descendants of the Zimon family enabled students to produce a rich presentation combining photos, interviews, historical research and video, creating a powerful exploration of the horrors of the Death March.

Sharing

The school first plans to share their project with the wider school community via internal events, the school website and a supporting news article. Students were excited to share their learning internationally through the ‘My Hometown’ student conference and are hoping this platform will help them share their project with many others around the world.

See how the students documented their My Hometown journey.

See how the students documented their My Hometown journey.

See how the students documented their My Hometown journey.

“You call me a survivor. I was saved because of them.”

“You call me a survivor. I was saved because of them.”

“You call me a survivor. I was saved because of them.”

Auschwitz

Death March

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Auschwitz Death March

Read the Project Report below.

Auschwitz Death March

Read the Project Report below.

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See other projects from Hometowns in Poland.

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