Opening the silence
"Opening the Silence" is a project for schools located in the former Warsaw Ghetto. Its goal is to describe and/or reconstruct the current location of a given school and then, drawing on witness accounts, histories, photographs, maps, and written sources, create a short documentary film.
The first film, "Opening Silence," was created at the 17th High School with Bilingual Departments named after Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski. The next two films, "Opening Silence 2" and "Opening Silence 3," were made by students of the 5th High School named after Prince Józef Poniatowski and the 45th High School named after R. Romuald Traugutt.
The buildings of the institutions participating in the project will also feature plaques informing about what was located on the site of the present-day school during the ghetto era.
What significance does it have for our future that we live around the place of their death? (Jarosław Marek Rymkiewicz "Umschlagplatz")
Films created as part of the project
OPENING THE SILENCE | Episode 1: Elektoralna Street and the 17th General Secondary School with Bilingual Departments named after A. Frycz Modrzewski
OPENING THE SILENCE | Episode 2: Nowolipie and the 5th High School named after Prince Józef Poniatowski
OPENING THE SILENCE | Episode 3: Miła Street and Romuald Traugutt High School No. 45
OPENING THE SILENCE | Episode 4: Miła Street and Aleksander Fredro High School No. 81
OPENING THE SILENCE | Episode 5: Sienna Street and the Henryk Sienkiewicz High School No. 12 in Warsaw