Tag: Monday 26 February at 6 pm

Hachshars in Czechoslovakia

Hachšary in Czechoslovakia Monday 26 February at 6 pm Hachšary - agricultural training centres - began to be established in interwar Czechoslovakia in the 1920s. They were intended to provide Jewish youth with training in agri-culture and crafts, as well as practical training for life in collective settlements - kibbutzim. The ideological training of the hachshars was based on the concept of socialist Zionism and aimed to create an agricultural and working class in Palestine. In addition to practical skills, the training camps emphasized the equality of members, and required a sense of responsibility, duty, justice, and a strong sense of solidarity among the members. The lecture by Daniela Bartáková from the Masaryk Institute and the Archives of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic will also attempt to capture the changes in the whole concept in response to the approaching beginning of the war and the need to ensure the eviction of as many Jewish youth as possible. Admission is voluntary.