Centropa News

The Sarajevo Project of Centropa is about to come to an end. Supported by the Europe for Citizens Programme of the European Union, we managed to bring the fascinating story of La Benevolencija to schools in three countries: Hungary, Poland, and Romania. We made the Survival in Sarajevo film in...

Dear teachers from European and Israeli Jewish schools, we are happy to invite you to our upcoming professional development seminar, taking place between 29-31 October in Krakow, Poland. Similarly to last years, the seminar will be a sparkling environment where 30 educators from all over Europe and Israel come together...

In the 2016/2017 school year, we announced the CJN video competition for the second time. Students from Jewish schools in Europe, US and Israel could compete with their short films in 4 categories: Virtual Jewish Cookbook, Family History, Virtual Walking Tour and My Community. We are very proud to announce...

On the 26th of May, Centropa Hungary held a grand final event in the Holocaust Memorial Center of Budapest, where more than 300 students and teachers came together to receive an award for their projects and work in the 2016/17 school year. We awarded the participants of the Visegrád video...

With the support of the Visegrád Fund, Centropa organized a video competition for the Visegrád countries for the first time. Students of Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and the Czech Republic were invited to create short films about their town’s Jewish history and culture. Almost 40 videos were submitted to the competition...

On the 26th of May, Centropa organizes a final event in Budapest for those who have taken part in our Hungarian projects this year. We will award the participants of the Common Ground Project (students from various school backrounds who came together to do common projects), those who submitted videos...

Between 12-14 February, Centropa organized the fifth CJN winter seminar for teachers and educators of European and Israeli Jewish schools. 28 participants came together from 16 countries to learn about Centropa materials and the various ways they can be used in the classroom. Teachers had the opportunity to work together...

Centropa organizes a one-day seminar for teachers and educators in Israel. During the seminar, participants get to know our unique database of Jewish stories, photos and films, and work with each other to create lesson plans and innovative projects for their students. Date: 12th of March (Sunday) Application deadline: 17...

With the partnership of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, the Federation of Hungarian Jewish Communities, the European Union's Europe For Citizens program, the Association of Hungarian History Teachers, and the Holocaust Memorial Center in Budapest - Centropa held a seminar between 9-11 of December 2016 in Budapest for 22 classroom teachers from all...

In cooperation with the European Commission - Europe for Citizens programme, Centropa launched a new project to introduce our “Survival in Sarajevo” story to teachers in Poland, Romania and Hungary. We translated our film into Polish, Romanian and Hungarian, and created a traveling exhibition in each country that shows how...