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Netzer tour takes teens from Cable Street to Croatia

September 17, 2015 11:00
We'll cross that bridge when we come to it: Progressive teenagers in Mostar on their tour programme

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The Progressive European tour for teens, Kayitz, took a different route this year. Starting in London's East End, the 17-year-old participants visited sites of Jewish political activism, such as Cable Street.

Then it was off to Dubrovnik, where they took a rainy trip around some of the coastal islands as they delved into the story of the Jewish expulsion from Spain in 1492 - Spanish Jews came to Dubrovnik by boat, en route to countries such as Bosnia.

The party went on to Sarajevo, where they learned about the story of the Sarajevo Purim, in which Muslims and Jews united against the corrupt actions of the local Ottoman governor and prevented the execution of prominent Jewish community members.

Another stop was Jasenovac - a major Croatian Second World War concentration camp, where the museum features video testimonies from survivors of the camp, whose inmates were mostly Serbs, and an exhibition of their personal effects.