In the week preceding the Remembrance Day
Commemorations, the New Cemetery in
Belgrade will host an extraordinary
educational event involving high school students. Namely, in the period
between November 4 and 8,
2019, daily opened history classes will be organized for freshmen and senior
classes of the Contemporary Grammar School of Belgrade.
Exploring the history of the New Cemetery in Belgrade, since its
beginnings to the present day, the students will be introduced to funerary
culture and importance of preserving both tangible and intangible heritage by
our colleague, art-historian, who specialized in
guided walks for younger population.
In a view of the upcoming commemoration of the WWI Armistice and in line with the local high school history curriculum, the students will visit WWI related locations at the New Cemetery in Belgrade, with a special focus on the WWI Serbian Ossuary of Belgrade Defenders, where the students will be able to enter the crypt beneath the monument. In addition, the students will learn about the principles and values European Cemeteries Route and ASCE are striving to promote.