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Rybek is going to Auschwitz…

The first meeting of our partner schools took place in Zespol Szkolno-Przedszkolny nr 3 in Rybnik – Poland from 10th to 14th of October 2011.

During the meeting the coordinators planned all the details of our project.

The coordinating school invited for the assembly „Rybek” – the Mascot of the town Rybnik – who agreed to become the representative and ambassador of the school in the project…

Rybek, willing to teach something important the international guests in Rybnik, invited them to the trip to Oswiecim – to visit the former german concentration camp KL Auschwitz…

Trip participants:Zespół Szkolno - Przedszkolny nr 3 in Rybnik, Poland3. Mirosława Grajner - headteacher4. Łukasz Widera - project coordinatorColegio San Gregorio, Aguilar de Campoo, Spain6. Javier Ramos Sancha – coordinatorTjarnaskoli, Reykjavik, Iceland8. Throrir Andri Karlsson – coordinatorDr. Selcuk Yahsi Ilkogretim Okulu, Inegol, Turkey10. Kadir Filiz - headteacher11. Yasemin Erdogdu - teacher of EnglishIstituzione Scolastica Autonoma n 6, La Spezia, Italy13. Cinzia Lombardi - coordinator14. Loredana Biccari - teacher15. Luisella Catinelli – teacher

17. Rybek from Rybnik, Poland – tour guide

1. Preparation

Rybek told the teachers to check and plan the journey on the map and on the Internet…

Where is Auschwitz?

Where is Auschwitz?

Where is Auschwitz?

Where is Auschwitz?

2. Planning the route from Rybnik to Auschwitz

2. Planning the route from Rybnik to Auschwitz

Distance from Rybnik to Auschwitz – 66 km

The time you need to get there:

Means of transport

Average speed Time

By car 60 km / h 1 hour 6 minutes

By bicycle 15 km / h 4 hours 24 minutes

On foot 5 km / h 13 hours 12 minutes

3. On the way…

We went there by minibus. Finally, the journey from Rybnik to Auschwitz took us more than 2 hours. There were many road works and traffic jams on our way…

4. Destination

Auschwitz concentration camp was the largest concentration camp of Nazi Germany. It was in Poland. Its name comes from the name of the town where it stood, Oświęcim. Auschwitz is the name of Oświęcim in the German language.

People also call these death camps by other names including Auschwitz, Konzentrationslager Auschwitz-Birkenau, KL Auschwitz, and the Former Nazi German Concentration Camp of Auschwitz.

4. Destination

Beginning in 1940, Nazi Germany built many concentration camps there. In these death camps, Nazi Germany killed about 3.0-3.5 million people. 90% of them were Jewish people. Little is known about the number of people who died at Auschwitz and other camps. It is thought to be a large number. The Nazis destroyed most of the records. Some scientists reported the number of 1.1 million Jewish deaths and 150,000 Polish victims, along with 23,000 Roma (gypsies) and 30,000 of other nationalities.

5. Visiting the Auschwitz camp…

5. Visiting the Auschwitz camp…

5. Visiting the Auschwitz camp…

5. Visiting the Auschwitz camp…

5. Visiting the Auschwitz camp…

5. Visiting the Auschwitz camp…

6. What have we learnt…

6. What have we learnt…

We have learnt to honor and respect the memory of those Who suffered and died in these concentration camps, as Well as in all other camps during World War ii