Czech Teacher Trainings to Instruct on IWitness

Wed, 07/06/2016

In order to properly educate more Czech teachers on how to fully utilize IWitness programs, Senior International Program Consultant and Regional Consultant in the Czech Republic Martin Šmok is holding two teacher training sessions in August.

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IWitness Adds Activities and Clips in Three New Languages

Tue, 03/01/2016

IWitness is expanding its offerings for non-English speakers.

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Czech Students Make Short Films with Testimony

Mon, 02/29/2016

Students at the Ronald Lauder Jewish School in Prague debuted the short films they made using testimony from the Visual History Archive.

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Czech Regional Consultant Gives Lecture at US Embassy in Prague

Fri, 02/05/2016

Martin Šmok, USC Shoah Foundation’s senior international program consultant and regional consultant in Czech Republic, gave his first presentation at the U.S. Embassy in Prague on February 4.

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New Book “Holocaust and Other Genocides” Launches in Prague

Fri, 01/22/2016

USC Shoah Foundation International Training Consultant Martin Šmok presented the new Czech version of the popular educational resource Holocaust and Other Genocides in Prague on January 13.

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December Workshops for Educators in Poland and Czech Republic

Tue, 01/05/2016

USC Shoah Foundation’s international consultants in Poland and Czech Republic ended 2015 introducing the work of the Institute to new audiences.

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Course at Lauder Jewish School in Prague Introduces Students to Testimony

Wed, 09/23/2015

USC Shoah Foundation Senior International Program Consultant Martin Šmok has begun teaching a yearlong course at the Ronald Lauder Jewish School in Prague to introduce students to the Visual History Archive and testimony.

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New Czech-Language Exhibit Highlights Plight of Refugees

Tue, 09/22/2015

A new exhibit on the USC Shoah Foundation website takes a closer look at the stories of refugees during World War II. It is inspired by the current refugee crisis in Europe.

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Look at them! - The plight of refugees in the Republic

Mon, 08/24/2015

By: Martin Šmok

The President of the Republic went on record to tell the prospective immigrants “nobody invited you here!” Refugees escaping from a murderous regime are regarded as agents of that very regime. Concerned citizens who never saw a refugee discuss them with great fear: refugees will take our jobs, kill our wives, rape our daughters. “We may take a few of those who can prove they are and always were Christians,” some interior ministry clerk declared.

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“Ours or Foreign?” Czech Project Engages 600 Teachers, Adds New Material

Wed, 08/05/2015

The Czech project Ours or Foreign? Jews in the Czech 20th Century delivered materials and training to 600 educators in the last fiscal year and added a new unit on the Terezín family camp in Auschwitz-Birkenau featuring testimony clips from the Visual History Archive.

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