Debra Brunner, co-founder and CEO of The Together Plan, is seen here inside the Great Synagogue of Slonim, Belarus. The Synagogue was built 1635-42 and is now the focus of a restoration campaign. A stunning building with hidden secrets, it is a vital heritage asset to the Jewish community of Belarus and the wider Jewish world. In 2018, The Together Plan facilitated the first bar mitzvah of a Belarusian boy, on the territory of the synagogue, since before the Second World War. Approximately 22,000 Jews were murdered by the Nazis between 1941 and 1943. Only 200 survived as Partisans fighting in the dense forests. The Jewish route through Belarus will reveal hidden history and stories that have not yet been heard.

28/07/2021

Debra Brunner

Debra Brunner, co-founder and CEO of The Together Plan, is seen here inside the Great Synagogue of Slonim, Belarus. The Synagogue was built 1635-42 and is now the focus of a restoration campaign. A stunning building with hidden secrets, it is a vital heritage asset to the Jewish community of Belarus and the wider Jewish world. In 2018, The Together Plan facilitated the first bar mitzvah of a Belarusian boy, on the territory of the synagogue, since before the Second World War. Approximately 22,000 Jews were murdered by the Nazis between 1941 and 1943. Only 200 survived as Partisans fighting in the dense forests. The Jewish route through Belarus will reveal hidden history and stories that have not yet been heard.

28/07/2021

Sharifa Hasanova

As a Product Development Head for the Azerbaijan Tourism Board, Sharifa is in charge of the establishment of tourism products development, to regulate and increase tourism experiences and activities, to create good conditions for infrastructure, facilities and services in place for tourism products, to ensure and increase of quality standards of tourism products, to establish tourism destination’s competitiveness and sustainability. Prior to this, Sharifa was leading Sales and Marketing teams in various hospitality groups in Azerbaijan.

28/07/2021

Alfred Lang

He studied political science at the University of Vienna. During and after his studies he worked on several relevant research and publication projects and was a lecturer for political education at the Regional Adult Education Center Burgenland. Since September 1995 he is the executive director of the Research Society Burgenland/Burgenländische Forschungsgesellschaft (BFG).

28/07/2021

Michael Schreiber

Michael Schreiber, project manager and specialist staff member in the Department of Regional Contemporary History and Active Citizenship.

He is an historian with lecturing activities on historical topics related to the history of Burgenland. He is an expert on the history of minorities in Burgenland and has been working for the BFG since 2018.

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