Hanukkah! Lighting the candles in Wrocław

Since Hanukkah week was during our meeting in Poland the candles were lighted every evening. The day we were in Wrocław we went to the synagogue, where the candles were lighted publicly. It was a special atmosphere, standing in front of the Stork synagogue, where one by one the first three candles were lit. Then Hanukkah songs were sung and danced. Afterwards we met the Rabbi's wife, who actually was from Israel, living in Poland for two years by now and she would talk with us (in Polish and Hebrew) for more than an hour. It was very interesting to listen to her story.

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Dzierżoniów: small city with great history

On Monday we visited a hometown of part of our group — Dzierżoniów. We were pleasantly surprised at how such a small city can have so interesting history. During the walk we visited the city central square. Really curiously was the story about one of the oldest local church. From start it was Evangelical church, but in 1962 the church was converted into a warehouse and a furniture store. The store worked in the church near 10 years and now it's spiritual place again. Also here is one of the unique synagogues in Poland. It was built almost 150 years ago. During the II World War, the synagogue thankfully was not destroyed, as it was bought by a local gardener.

On Haifa

Marta: Today we saw Bahá'í gardens and the golden circle s . From above we saw the whole city. We also were in the church Stella Maris and we saw the cave where Elias was pr obably hiding. I like this city because it is beautiful here. Yahav: So, the main reason why I like Haifa is the fact that this place is really quiet and most of my friends live in this city. What a view. The Roman-catholic church Stella Maris

Sad history of the Castle Ksionzh

Ksionzh Castle is the largest castle in the Silesia region. The castle is just incredible. Also nature around castle are amazing – so many trees! And this landscape, just wow! But in the same time this beautiful place has very tragic history associated with World War II. During World War II, the castle was seized by the Nazi regime. Supervised by SS and Organisation Todt personnel, the building complex at Książ became part of the vast underground Project Riese complex, presumably a projected Führer Headquarter and a future abode for Adolf Hitler. Construction works were carried out under inhumane conditions by forced labourers and inmates of Gross-Rosen concentration camp, until the castle was occupied by Red Army forces in the wake of the Vistula–Oder Offensive in 1945. During the construction of the underground for the Nazis, hundreds of prisoners were killed here. Now parts of the tunnel complex beneath the castle are currently used by the Polish Academy of Sciences for grav

A living bridge Haifa-Dzierżoniów

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