Meet me halfway (Meet Me in Vienna)

On Monday, 20.01.2021, took place the first activity of the project Meet Me Halfway (Meet Me in Vienna), project in which the students from Liceul Teoretic „Iulia Hasdeu” Lugoj are working together with the students from Vestal Senior High School, Vestal, New York, USA. Coordinated by history teachers Karen Doolittle and Horațiu Suciu, the students from both high schools met online in order to know each other and discussed about the way in which the pandemic affected them. They have set a date for the following joint activities. The project Meet me halfway (Meet Me in Vienna) emerged from the desire of Centropa institute from Vienna in order to make known the history and the stories of Jews from Vienna during the Holocaust. The next activity within the project will be on January 27, 2021, on the occasion of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day.