News from our projects

06.02.2024

In this interview, Chaber - Executive Director for ILGA-Europe - discusses repression against LGBTIQ communities and ways to provide assistance.

10.01.2024

Dr. Josef Schuster, President of the Central Council of Jews in Germany explains with regard to the project: T"There is often a lack of sensitivity in addressing antisemitism, especially in the world of work. It is therefore vital to also work towards a sensitive view of antisemitism outside traditional educational institutions."
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20.12.2023

The project invites you to help in the search for the treasures of a renowned library that was dissolved by the National Socialists. The lost books belonged to the Hochschule für die Wissenschaft des Judentums Berlin (Higher Institute for Jewish Studies) - one of the most important Jewish libraries in the world before World War II.

04.10.2023

The "Study on the Current Educational Situation of Sinti and Roma" by RomnoKher, funded by the EVZ Foundation, makes visible the long-term effects of Nazi persecution and experiences of discrimination today. A revised edition of the study has now been published.

31.08.2023

The German Poland Institute in Darmstadt and the Foundation for Polish-German Reconciliation in Warsaw are working on a database containing all the available information about victims of the National Socialist regime who originated from Poland. The database will go online in early 2024.

31.08.2023

How can we talk to young people about the subject of NS "euthanasia"? Support can be provided by the digital teaching materials created as part of the project "REMEMBER NS "Euthanasia" – SHAPE an inclusive society". The Zeitbild Foundation magazine provides concrete ideas for action-oriented teaching.

31.08.2023

Dr. Michael Gander, director of the project "From a Place of Jubilation to a Place of Injustice – Forced Labor Camps on Soccer Pitches and Sports Fields" of the Gestapokeller and Augustaschacht Memorials speaks about historical links between football and NS forced labor as well as today's soccer fan scenes.

03.08.2023

There has been a discussion for years about how ideas of an inclusive culture of remembrance of the Holocaust and colonialism can be lived in practice. The Blickwinkel Conference UMKÄMPFTES ERINNERN (CONTESTED MEMORY) of the Anne Frank Educational Center, funded by the EVZ Foundation, was dedicated to questions about coming to terms with the…

03.08.2023

What role did Germans play during the Armenian Genocide? The Institute for Diaspora Research and Genocide Studies at Ruhr University Bochum shows numerous biographies as well as the complex interconnections with the aid of an interactive website.

12.07.2023

In an interview, Prof. Dr. Benjamin Lahusen, head of the project "Recht ohne Recht" at the European University Viadrina, explains why the restitution of art is particularly difficult in the case of Nazi looted property, how the project "Law without Law" addresses this issue, and how it can make an important contribution to the debate.