The projects of the Education Agenda NS-Injustice

Virtual historical eyewitness on tour

How can historical eyewitnesses from the National Socialist era be encountered in the future? Possible applications, opportunities, and challenges for the future role of volumetrically recorded interviews of historical eyewitnesses from the National Socialist era will be tested and presented in the field of history education in and outside of schools.

Continuities of Anti-black Racism Before, During and After National Socialism. A Participatory Memory Intervention

Anti-black racism cannot be seen as a new phenomenon in our contemporary society. This is particularly evident in the far-reaching, historically transformed lines of continuity. These continuities and interdependencies will be highlighted and developed in the project via multi-faceted perspectives. For this purpose, the project will use examples and biographies of people of color, such as Hagar Martin Brown, persecuted during the National Socialist era.

The War and its Victims

The project "The War and its Victims" addresses the crimes against the civilian population during World War II in the territories of the Soviet Union under the National Socialist occupation. The Holocaust, forced labor or the targeted burning of villages - all these and other acts of violence committed during the war of extermination against the Soviet Union are often neglected in the public consciousness.

Under pressure? Media and Antisemitism under National Socialism & Today

Spiegel, Stern, Henri Nannen or the inventor of Tagesthemen [German daily news program] - all of them have a National Socialist background. Nevertheless, antisemitism was not born out of nowhere in 1933 and did not disappear in 1945. Whether before, during or after the National Socialist era, mass media had an important part in the spread of antisemitic images and narratives. Have they been under pressure, or did they exert pressure? And what lessons can we learn from history?

Lernen aus Akten [Learning from Files]

Using the stock of the approximately 1,000 reparation files of the bayerische Landesverband, the process of reparation after 1945 up to the present will be illustrated using a multi-perspective approach. The project aims to digitize and scientifically analyze the reparation files in compliance with research ethics and data protection regulations.

Welche Stimme haben wir? [What voice do we have?]

The pilot project "Welche Stimme haben wir?" aims to involve descendants of the victims of National Socialist persecution with their diverse range of experiences, perspectives and wishes in memorial site and memory work. New, innovative and exemplary exhibition modules, educational materials as well as other outreach formats for memorial site work are being developed in skills workshops together with the descendants of victims of National Socialist persecution.

Law without Law. Past and present of the restitution of Nazi-confiscated art

Under National Socialism, hundreds of thousands of cultural assets were forcibly sold, stolen, expropriated. The Allied restitution legislation attempted to reverse this theft. The project examines the principles practiced at the time and their afterlife in the so-called "Handreichung".

Informed, courageous, committed! A joint initiative against antisemitism

Antisemitism is a problem for society as a whole – and countering this problem requires a joint effort by all societal players. We want to start in the midst of society, where thousands of people with the most diverse backgrounds meet every day: the workplace.

Bridge for the Future - pont pour l'avenir

The bridge over the Rhine at Breisach connects France and Germany. Due to its 150-year history, the bridge will be the historical and concrete starting point for the interdisciplinary parts of the project. Current plans for a new railroad bridge inspire a variety of remembrance formats and give rise to cross-border partnerships. An attempt is being made to answer open questions by means of historical research.

[National Socialist injustice "Degenerate music". Persecuted swing dancers and jazz musicians in northwest Germany, the Czech Republic and Poland

The transnational project compares the persecution of swing youth in northwest Germany, the Czech Potápki and the swing and jazz music scene by the National Socialists in occupied Poland and develops multi-perspective, interdisciplinary and participatory educational formats.

History Unit: Reframing Queer Narratives in Media

Propaganda and violence against LGBTIQ+ people is on the rise, and the media play a key role in the spread of homophobic and transphobic narratives. “History Unit: Reframing Queer Narratives in Media” addresses this responsibility in the context of the persecution of queer people under National Socialism, as well as in today’s political realities. The project’s aim is to enrich the public discourse with historical perspectives and to get the mainstream media to unequivocally condemn any queer-hostile rhetoric.

MemoryLanes: Ways of remembrance of Jewish life

The project will open up new ways of remembrance of Jewish life in Germany, Poland and Serbia. Jewish biographies from the Centropa archive will be researched by young people and processed with artistic approaches in remembrance projects which include places of Jewish life and activity in the cities of Bielsko-Biała, Kielce, Belgrade, Berlin, and Mannheim.

The impact of reparations - a European history of experience

The transnational oral history project is the first to generate academically sound knowledge about the effects of German "reparations" on survivors and their relatives. The basis for this are video interviews with statements from survivors and/or their descendants coming from five countries: Germany, Poland, Israel, Belgium and the area of the former Soviet Union focusing, specifically on Ukraine. Partner organizations will conduct the interviews on site and then analyze them scientifically.

Let’s Remember! Remembrance Culture with Games on Site

In cooperation with the Deutsche Kulturrat [German Cultural Council], the Foundation for Digital Games Culture is testing location-based formats for establishing a culture of remembrance of National Socialist injustice supported by games in dialog with memorial sites, museums, and cultural encounter places throughout Germany. All formats are supported by needs-based measures to impart skills to local employees in gaming culture.

Wer ist Walter? Resistance against Nazism in Europe

“Walter” was the alias of a myth-enshrouded resistance fighter in Sarajevo, whose identity the Nazi occupiers were unable to find out. In our project, the question “Wer is Walter?” is symbolic of the observation that we in Europe often know little to nothing about the history(s) of resistance to Nazism and Nazi occupation during World War Two in other European countries.

Post-Holocaust Remedies: The post-Holocaust Development of Legal Remedies as a Learning Process

The project aims to gain a broader perspective on the unique historical phenomenon of the Holocaust and the legal steps taken by Israel and Germany and international institutions to address the consequences of the tragedy and to optimize future strategies for dealing with the past.

Who were the victims of the National Socialists?

The participatory educational project for and with students and teachers from all over Europe develops a digital multi-perspective toolkit for historical education.

#insideHISTORY

Digital sound worlds from everyday life and resistance. Media installations and workshops on remembrance culture 4.0.

MIRROR // MIRROR

Forced labor in Leipzig and dealing with anti-democratic radicalization on the Internet.

Remembering as Working on the Present

Remembering as coming to terms with the present: Modular theater project with references to Ukraine and Latin America as well as theater lab with young people.

#LastSeen

Images of the deportations from the German Reich between 1938 and 1945.

Frankfurt and the National Socialism. A memory platform

App and website for access to persecution, resistance and acts of the Nazi era in Frankfurt am Main.

Bringing the past back to light – Communication in and around the Holocaust

Multimedia web portal on Jewish life in Cologne between 1933 and 1945.

"Right is what benefits the state?"

Historical education as a prerequisite for democratic action in Lower Saxony.

Strong in office!

Offers for public administration in dealing with anti-Semitism and racism.

This concerns me!

The history and present of National Socialist crimes in the everyday actions of the police and judiciary.

Onboarding Memories

The partners from France, Poland, Lithuania and Germany, together with local history initiatives and young people, are developing a 360° exhibition on the European dimension of Nazi forced labor. The project makes history, the system and, above all, the victims of Nazi forced labor visible.

Untold Stories

Which persecution stories and places have been forgotten? This question is at the center of the trilateral activation and education project against anti-Semitism, racism and LGBTIQ hostility.

Uprooted – (Hi)Stories of Stolen Children during World War II

A transnational and intergenerational research and educational project on the topic of " stolen children" during the Nazi era.

Keeping Humanity! Sensitize and Strengthen Municipalities

Training courses for local government employees on the topics of anti-Semitism, Nazi injustice, racism and misanthropy.