Education for living memory - What is culture of remembrance

Our funding programs

With local.history, the Foundation EVZ supports locally and regionally active history from Central and Eastern Europe.

To the funding program Local history
The program promotes cultures of remembrance in an inclusive and practical way.

To the funding program Migration and culture of remembrance

Our activities

With "MEMO Germany", Bielefeld University has been researching what, how and to what end young citizens in Germany remember historically.

To the study Youth Study MEMO Germany
With "MEMO Germany", Bielefeld University has been researching since 2018 what, how and to what end citizens in Germany remember historically.

To the study Study MEMO Germany

Topics

critical examination of the history of National Socialism
remembering those who were persecuted and murdered at that time; Holocaust denial; falsification of history

Objectives

strengthening multi-perspective and inclusive remembrance cultures
making history tangible in the here and now by means of local references
decisively opposing historical revisionism and conspiracy stories
highlighting the relationships between contemporary experiences of antisemitism, racism and discrimination and the history of National Socialism

Target groups

young people
adults with an interest in history

Region

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Germany
Central and Eastern Europe
Europe
Israel

Our partners

history initiatives
players in formal education and supporting organizations of non-formal education
academics (history, didactics, culture of remembrance, post-migration)
educators
self-organizations