ARTS OF TOLERANCE Workshops, Performances and Discussions organized by the Stories Exchange Project 18-19 September 2000 Terezin, Czech Republic Helga Weissova-Hoskova Prague You’ve all had the opportunity to tell your stories today, or you will later this evening. And I know that the story I have to tell is not so exceptional. I am one of the fifteen thousand […]
Stories & Responses
Who has a piece of the broken mirror?
Margita Reiznerova My father was a storyteller. When the adults came to visit, the children were sent out of the room, and the adults would tell each other stories — fairy tales. Later I realized how clever my father was: how he was using psychology. Of course the children would sneak back in and listen. My father […]
She played first violin
[In the Czech Republic a "special school” is a school for retarded children to which Romany (Gypsy) children are assigned if they do not pass an examination which emphasizes skills in Czech language and culture.Maticni Street in Usti nad Labem was the location of a wall which Czech residents built in 1999 between themselves and […]
I had a vision about how to build a team of people
Eva BajgerovaRomany AssistantOffice of the Regional GovernmentUsti nad LabemThe Stories Exchange Project is about sharing experience. It’s about meeting other people and getting to know them. It’s a mutual relationship, a mutual communication, an exchange of knowledge and skills.I had a vision about how to build a team of people who would go around town […]
How can Roms have a white tent?
"New Roles for Roma in an Integrated Europe?”Session III, ARTS OF TOLERANCEDiscussions, Workshops and Performances organized by the Stories Exchange Project in Terezin, formerly a Nazi concentration camp from which Jews were sent to Auschwitz Eva BajgerovaUsti nad LabemRomany AssistantRegional GovernmentLocal CoordinatorThe Stories Exchange Project What has the Stories Exchange Project meant for our region? […]
I not only see the reflection: I also see behind it
Location: Stories Exchange Project 2000 Workshop #2EastWest InstitutePragueStories Exchange Project 2000Workshop IIEastWest InstitutePragueJanuary 2000Martin ZaplatilekBrnoI think the mirror is a nice symbol of the unity among the people. On the other hand maybe I’m a little skeptical. It seems to me a little naive that in the future it can be good as it used […]
Each one of us is a piece of the puzzle
Eva SiedtmannovaSchool of Social Studies Usti nad Labem The problem of relations between races is very complicated, especially in our country. It’s a never-ending fight of white against black and vice-versa. Czechs suppress Roma and say that Roma are rubbish no one needs, rubbish that should be cleared away! I can hear all the angry […]
They gather like grasshoppers
Petra Richter BrnoThere’s not much to write about our family. It’s only my mother, my father and me. I have no brothers and sisters. I think it’s kind of a revenge—for no reason – by my parents. And all my grandmas and grandpas diedbefore I was born. So I have only aunts and uncles: nothing interesting. But […]
We all worked together
Location: Stories Exchange Project Workshop #1EastWest InstitutePragueEva BajgerovaLocal Coordinator, Usti nad LabemMy eight-year old son Martin attends a selective school which accepts pupils of our district upon an entrance examination.Children begin to attend this school when they are eight. You would think that at this age children are equal and wouldn’t worry about who is […]
Something was left inside us: we are always afraid
ARTS OF TOLERANCEWorkshops, Performances and Discussions organized by the Stories Exchange Project 18-19 September 2000TerezinCzech RepublicUnidentified Questioner Was the religious life very strong here in Terezin?Helga Weissova-HoskovaWell, the Jewish people who came here were on all different levels as far as religion is concerned. There were Orthodox people, and there were secular Jews. In Bohemia […]
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