Agnieszka Mysakowska, history teacher at the No. 2 Janusz Korczak High School in Wieluń, and the Leader of Dialogue at Forum for Dialogue. Agnieszka teaches children and youth about the history 
and culture of Jews who once used to be their neighbours. She also manages the Trail of Wieluń Jews and is the prime mover behind the ceremonies held to commemorate the anniversary of the liquidation of the ghetto in Wieluń. I hope that thanks to my activity people will find out that Wieluń was not such a mono-cultural town it is nowadays — it was colourful, it was multicultural. Jews, Russian Orthodox and Evangelicals used to live here, side by side, in peace and happiness. I want people to remember about history precisely due to this shared past. For this really means something for us. We cannot accept the present without knowing what it was like in the past. And Wieluń was once a really interesting place. My biggest success in commemorating Jewish past... I have a problem here, because  I cannot list one single success. I have two, in fact. Firstly, I managed to convince local authorities to get involved in the process — they are with me at each and every commemoration held in town. Secondly, I managed to convince the descendants  of Jews from Wieluń to visit the town. Now they come visit, they take guided tours of the town and vicinity, they are deeply moved and grateful. I don’t really understand why  they should be grateful — what I do is so natural and normal, it is by no means special, that I feel slightly embarrassed being served such compliments. I feel that we ought to preserve the memory, for we have no control over the past. We have no such powers. We do have the power to affect the present and the future. Our present and future depend on how much we remember from the past. People react very positively to my endeavours, which I find amazing but also a tad surprising, for I am well aware that it is much easier in larger towns. There are various institutions, Centres for Dialogue. There is no such thing in Wieluń. That is why at the very beginning of my adventure I was very apprehensive. Right now, the fear is completely gone. I am getting positive feedback. People attend commemoration events, they lay flowers, bring memorial stones, and light candles. That is why I am inclined to think that I am heading in the right direction. My dream is to publish a book that has already been written — testimonies of witnesses to history. Alas, some of them passed away. Some are still alive. For me this book is like a monument, a memorial to the Wieluń Jewry as well as to those who survived in order to bear witness.