Today we had a
workshop on history: polish and israeli history of the years since
the proclamation of the Israeli state and Poland regaining
independence. It was fun to find out that both countries have such an
important anniversary this year. Both countries have histories that
go back for many years more but still 1918 and 1948 were of
exceptional importance. For Poland it meant regaining an independent
state after more than 100 years – for Israel it meant to establish
a country, where - for the first time in
hundreds of years - every Jew would be welcome. Many of the first
citizens of Israel had come from Poland and ever since then the
histories of the two countries were in close contact. We looked ad the
stamp issued on occasion of these anniversaries and discussed, which
other motifs could have been used.
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.
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