Project “Role of Jewish minority in history and development of the region” will be implemented in Daugavpils secondary school Nr. 10. Association “Shamir” organized a learning course in Jewish history and Holocaust for 8th, 11th and 12th forms students. Pupils will be taught about Jewish history of the region and of the state, and then get a hometask, which is impossible to do without visiting libraries and museums.

This project is to be a pilot one and will be continued in other schools of Latvia.

The lessons will take place on November 02-23 and then the conference will be organized in the school.

The project is financially supported be the Social Integration fund and Ministry of Justice of LR.