Project Preservation

A Cross Cultural Education and Service Project

Provided by Dartmouth College Hillel in Hanover, NH

Project Mission

The mission of Dartmouth Hillel’s Cross Cultural project to Poland and Belarus is three-fold:

To explore the question of man’s inhumanity to man in the framework of genocide (Visiting historical and emotional sites: Auschwitz, Warsaw Ghetto, Grodno Ghetto, and the Great Grodno Synagogue)
To respond meaningfully to the existential reality of its consequences (Rebuild and restore an abandoned Jewish cemetery in Indura, a small village in Belarus)
To immerse ourselves in the culture of those who lived through the Holocaust and its aftermath (Meet and interact with host families and community members in the villages worked in and local Grodno State University students)

Class Sessions Conducted prior to project
Flight from New York City into Warsaw, Poland
2 Nights in Krakow, Poland
- Visitation of Auschwitz-Birkenau
Bus Trip into Belarus via Warsaw and Tykocin, Poland
6 Night Stay in Grodno, Belarus
- 4 Days of Work in Indura, Belarus (1 Night Homestay)
- 2 Days of Work in Sopotskin, Belarus (1 Night Homestay)
2 Nights in Brest, Belarus
Bus Trip into Poland
2 Nights in Warsaw, Poland
Flight from Warsaw, Poland into New York City