Delete Memory – Aspects of the Shoah from the Perspective of Young Jewish Israelis

The International School for Holocaust Studies in Yad Vashem, Jerusalem and the Neri Bloomfield School of Design and Education in Haifa have been collaborating on a postcard design project since 2008. On the occasion of January 27th, International Holocaust Remembrance Day, students at the Neri Bloomfield School in Haifa design postcards with which they artistically express their personal view of individual aspects of the Shoah.

Target group : Pupils aged 16 and over
Duration : 120 min.

The workshop deals with aspects of the Shoah from the perspective of young Israelis. The focus is on postcards that were designed by Israeli graphics students between 2008 and 2013 on the occasion of International Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27th. In their works, the students express their personal view of individual aspects of the Shoah and thus continue historical, social and historical-political discourses in an artistic way. For the workshop we translated 25 of these postcards into German and assigned them to seven groups. Each group has a different focus. Apprentices from the 9th/10th In this way, aspects of culture of remembrance are to be brought closer to the fourth graders in order to initiate discussions about how and why people remember at all. Which aspects are relevant for young Israelis, which aspects for young Germans, Austrians or Swiss? What similarities and differences become apparent when dealing with the Shoah and National Socialism? The materials and tasks should stimulate a critical examination of the artistic forms of expression of the students and enable a dialogue across geographical borders. Austrian or Swiss? What similarities and differences become apparent when dealing with the Shoah and National Socialism? The materials and tasks should stimulate a critical examination of the artistic forms of expression of the students and enable a dialogue across geographical borders. Austrian or Swiss? What similarities and differences become apparent when dealing with the Shoah and National Socialism? The materials and tasks should stimulate a critical examination of the artistic forms of expression of the students and enable a dialogue across geographical borders.

Pedagogical objective

The selection and translation of these postcards is primarily intended to invite young Europeans from German-speaking countries to get to know the perspective of young Israelis on the Shoah.

This workshop offers learners from the 10th grade the opportunity to deal with changes in memory of the Holocaust.

This should enable a dialogue about the current commemoration of the Holocaust in Israeli society and in Europe, in order to make clear both the similarities and the differences in the respective social interaction. Universal and particular manifestations of a collective memory can thus be expressed and discussed.
The materials also enable an open and critical approach to sources and artistic forms of expression.

Sequence

This workshop is based on the Delete Memory postcard collection, which can be obtained from the International School for Holocaust Studies at Yad Vashem .

The postcards were divided into seven thematic units and should therefore be processed by seven working groups. The working materials are handed out to the students in successive order. It is always possible to limit yourself to a few thematic units and thus reduce the number of working groups.