On this site, you will find all english books and studies, published or supported by the Foundation "Remembrance, Responsibility and Future". Some are available as files for download. A complete list of all publications (in German) can be found on the German Site.

Life Stories of Forced Labourers in Nazi-Occupied Europe

Edited by ALEXANDER VON PLATO, ALMUT LEH, & CHRISTOPH THONFELD

During World War II at least 13.5 million people were employed as forced labourers in Germany and across the territories occupied by the German Reich. While there are numerous publications on forced labour in National Socialist Germany during World War II, this publication combines a historical account of events with the biographies and memories of former forced labourers from twenty-seven countries, offering a comparative international perspective.
October 2010. 536 pages, 20 ills. Price: $95.00 / £55.00, ISBN 978-1-84545-698-6.

German Version

The german edition "Hitlers Sklaven" was published in 2008.
500 pages, price: 59 Euro, ISBN 978-3-205-77753-3.

Published by Volkhard Knigge, Rikola-Gunnar Lüttgenau and Jens-Christian Wagner on behalf of the Buchenwald and Mittelbau-Dora Memorials Foundation

The exhibition "Forced labor. The germans, the forced laborers, and the war"  tells the whole story of National Socialist forced labor and its post-1945 consequences for the first time. This volume documents the main aspects of the exhibition and presents numerous hitherto unknown historical photos and documents. Several accompanying articles offer more in-depth insight into current research on the history of National Socialist forced labor.
- 256 pages, 188 illustrations
- Format: 20.5 x 27.5 cm, Paperback with thread stitching
- Price: 19,80 Euro
- ISBN English edition: 3-935598-18-1, ISBN German edition: 3-935598-17-3.

The catalog can be ordered at all bookstores or via the exhibition-website: www.ausstellung-zwangsarbeit.org

To mark its 10th anniversary, the Foundation has published a brochure entitled "Foundation EVZ – the first decade". The brochure documents the milestones in the different phases of the Foundation’s history: its creation, the payments programmes for former forced labourers and other victims of National Socialism, and the current funding activities. It also contains brief statements from prominent persons in the fields of politics, industry and society on the impact of the Foundation’s work.  

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2008-2010, Foundation EVZ initiated research projects on the situation of hate crime victims in Germany, Poland, Russia, Czech Republic and Ukraine. Analyzing the country-specific frameworks and the scope of the problem, the research reports show which civil society organizations support hate crime victims, and which funding and networking support those organizations themselves require.

The reports were published in the language of the respective country, as well as in English and in German. They stimulate not only discussion among relevant initiatives and organizations throughout Europe, but also initiate public debates over hate crimes, discrimination and everyday racism in the countries examined.

Nigdy Więcej, Opferperspektive e.V. (Eds.), Hate Crime Monitoring and Victim Assistance in Poland and Germany, Berlin 2009
Full Version (English; PDF-file; 1,5 MB)
Summaries: German (PDF-file; 330 KB) | Polish (PDF-file; 200 KB) | English (PDF-file; 540 KB)

Foundation EVZ, Kulturbüro Sachsen, In Iustitia (Eds.), Forgotten Victims. Hate Crimes and Victim Assistance in the Czech Republic, Berlin / Dresden / Prague 2010
Full Version (Czech; PDF-file; 4,2 MB)
Summaries: German (PDF-file; 560 KB) | English (PDF-file; 530 KB)

Europäischer Austausch (Hg.), Hate Crime in Ukraine. Victim groups and counselling programs of civil society actors, Berlin 2010
Full Versions: Ukrainian (PDF-file; 1,7 MB) | German (PDF-file; 1,4 MB)
Summariy (English; PDF-file; 220 KB)

ReachOut Berlin (Hg.), Hate Crime in Russland. Monitoring and Support for Victims of Racist Violence, Berlin 2010
Full Versions: German (PDF-file; 1 MB) | English (PDF-file; 530 KB)
Summary (English; PDF-file; 6,6 MB)

Rainer Huhle (ed.)

This volume elucidates the debates surrounding the historical development of human rights after 1945. The authors examine a number of specific human rights, including the prohibition of discrimination, freedom of opinion, the right to asylum and the prohibition of slavery and forced labor, to consider how different historical experiences and legal traditions shaped their formulation. Through the examples of Latin America and the former Soviet Union, they explore the connections between human rights movements and human rights education. Finally, they address current challenges in human rights education to elucidate the role of historical experience in education.

The publication of the Foundation "Remembrance, Responsibility and Future" was published in March 2010 and edited by Rainer Huhle.
ISBN-13: 978-3-9810631-9-6. Berlin 2010, English, 196 pages.

• The publication can be ordered via email at the foundation.
• Selected Essays of the publication in english (overview)
• Complete download  (PDF-file: 1,3 MB)
• Contents
• Selected chapters: Introduction, chapter 1, chapter 2, chapter 3, chapter 4

Petra Follmar-Otto, Heike Rabe

The first study – "A human rights approach against human trafficking - International obligations and the status of implementation in Germany" – analyses how the prohibition of human trafficking and the resulting state obligations are anchored in human rights. The more recent specialised international agreements on human trafficking and law-making in the European Union are then presented. The emphasis is on the Council of Europe Convention, which professes to treat human trafficking in a human rights context. The study summarizes elements of a human rights approach against human trafficking and makes recommendations for further development of policies. ISBN: 978-3-937714-87-5. English, 96 pp. Berlin, September 2009.

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International youth projects 2008/2009

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Introducing quality assurance of education for democratic citizenship in schools

This publication presents an overview, from international perspectives, of the applicability and relevance of the Tool for Quality Assurance of Education for Democratic Citizenship in Schools, published jointly by UNESCO, the Council of Europe and the Centre for Educational Policies. Based on 10 country reports, it examines quality assurance requirements in the field of education for democratic citizenship (EDC) and compares the specific evaluation systems in those countries. It also provides a feasibility study on relevant conditions for implementing the Tool and aims to serve as a set of orientation guidelines for policy makers, a case study on implentation for researchers and a source book for education practitioners.
ISBN: 978-92-871-6522-0. English, 340 pp. Strasbourg, February 2009.

Ray Brandon, Manfred Sapper, Volker Weichsel, Anna Lipphardt (eds.)

Anyone who talks about Jewish life and the Jewish heritage cannot ignore Eastern Europe. The East European Jews are a paragon of frontier crossings, transnationalism, and the transfer of religion, tradition, language, and culture. From the 18th century onwards, most of the world’s Jewish population lived in Eastern Europe. Between 1870 and the First World War, some 3.5 million Jewish emigrants left their homelands, predominantly the Russian Empire and Habsburgruled Galicia. This emigration was the starting point for the founding of new Jewish communities in the United States, Canada, South Africa, Argentina, and Palestine. The majority of American Jews are descended from East European Jewry. In Israel, this is the case for more than half of the Jewish population. Some 80 per cent of Jews living in the world today have roots in Eastern Europe. In addition, several topographic maps are available (see below).
ISBN: 978-3-8305-1556-2. 328 pp., 11 maps, 25 illustrations. Berlin 2008.

The publication is available at the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Osteuropakunde (DGO) and can be ordered on their website. The book is also available as a PDF-file for download:

• English version (PDF-file; 9.5 MB)
• Map gallery

Final Report on compensations programs of the Remembrance, Responsibility and Future Foundation

Michael Jansen, Günter Saathoff (eds.)

The book contains the final report of the Foundation EVZ, giving a comprehensive history of the country's use of slave labor during World War II and the complex process by which reparations for survivors were negotiated.
The report is available in bookstores. ISBN-10: 0230612644; ISBN-13: 978-0230612648. Basingstoke / New York 2009, 230 pp.

Contents:

• Final Report on the Compensation Programs
• Portraits of Former Forced Labourers
• Statement by Federal President Johannes Rau
• The Law on the Creation of the Foundation
• Announcement of the German American Agreement concerning the Foundation