The ‘History in Action Club’ is set up in the framework of the project ‘Ignoring the past is condemning the future’ with the main aim to explore and present in a youth-friendly way facts and events, connected to the victims of the World War Two in Bulgaria.
How to know if the club is appropriate for you?
– If you have interest in history (even purely amateur!)
– If you consider yourself young
– If you support the principles of democracy and human rights
– If you want to meet people like you
What do we offer in the club?
– Opportunity for participation in a nice team;
– Opportunity to play the role of a young explorer with fresh ideas;
– Opportunity to share the work done with young people from other Balkan countries;
– Certificate for participation in the club;
– Opportunity to travel to Thessaloniki in the summer of 2011
Principles
- Democracy, peace and human rights – the information could NOT be presented in a way that supports war, violation democratic practices or human right;
- Political correctness – the events and the processes must be explored in a way which can NOT harm the contemporary relations between people and nations;
- Reliability of the information – if applicable, the presented information must be verified through more than one source; sources MUST be named and quoted;
- Reliability of the sources – if applicable, socially accepted sources of information must be used
Exemplary methods
- Reviews, reports;
- Personal stories, interviews;
- Photography;
- Videos;
- Essays, reflections;
- Pictures or collages (supported by short explanation)
- Fictional piece of work – stories (based on historical events)
Draft of working themes to be explored:
1) Exploring victims from the minorities:
- Jews from the areas of Macedonia and Thrace
- Jews from Old Bulgaria (regime of the Law for the protection of the nation)
- Other minorities – Armenians, Turks, Roma
2) Stories of particular places (buildings, streets, monuments, museums)
3) Air-raid bombing of Sofia, Plovdiv, Kjustendil, Vidin
4) Memories for the German and Russian armies residing in Bulgaria
5) Human rights in times of war – death “penalty” without court;
6) Bombing Sofia zoo;
7) Bulgarians in the German concentration camps
Ignoring the past is condemning the future! 