The Warsaw Ghetto Museum invites teachers and educators to a free off-site seminar, "Hasag – German Forced Labor Camp," on October 1-2, 2022. Applications are accepted until September 25 at wmlynarczyk@1943.pl.
Seminar program:
Saturday, October 1
- 7.00 – gathering at Bankowy Square by the Juliusz Słowacki monument;
- 7.10–10.45 – transfer to Częstochowa; during the transfer, a lecture by Dr. Alicja Bartnicka: Activities of the German forced labor camp "Hasag" in the form of a video combined with a multimedia presentation;
- 11.00–14.00 – lecture and walk in the footsteps of "Hasag" in Częstochowa (Wiesław Paszkowski);
- 13:30–14:00 – lunch;
- 15.00–17.30 – "Jewish Częstochowa" walk (Wiesław Paszkowski);
- 17.30–20.30 – transfer to Skarżysko-Kamienna;
- approx. 20.30 p.m. – check-in at the hotel (Komes Hotel).
Sunday, October 2
- 7.00–8.15 – breakfast at the hotel;
- 8:30–1:30 p.m. – walk and lecture "In the footsteps of HASAG and the Skarżysko-Kamienna ghetto" (Marcin Medyński);
- 13:30–14:00 – lunch;
- 14.00–16.30 – in the footsteps of the forced labor camp in Bliżyn near Skarżysko (Roman Falarowski);
- 16.30–19.00 – transfer to Warsaw;
- approx. 19.00 p.m. – return to Warsaw.
We provide : transportation, accommodation in double rooms, breakfast on October 2nd, and lunch on October 1st and 2nd. We do not provide dinner on October 1st.
The project coordinator is Dr. Wiesława Młynarczyk, a specialist from the Education Department of the WMG.
Space is limited. Cancellations are only permitted in exceptional circumstances.
Dr Alicja Bartnicka – researcher at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń; currently conducting research on Jewish forced laborers in the General Government during World War II.
Wiesław Paszkowski – researcher of the history of the Jewish community, employee of the Częstochowa History Research Centre at the Częstochowa Museum.
Marcin Medyński – a lawyer by profession, collector, bibliophile, and regional historian by passion. He has worked at the Office of the General Conservator of Monuments and the Department of Monument Protection of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage. For over a decade, he has been a full-time member of the Local Government Appeal Board in Warsaw. He is currently the president of the Polish Historical Society, Skarżysko-Kamienna Branch.
Roman Falarowski – history teacher at the Primary School in Bliżyn; a passionate regional historian.
