In our column "Three Questions for ..." project partners report what they think selected funding approaches achieve.
Rafid Kabir has been creating content on political and civic education on TikTok and Instagram for five years. In his videos, he addresses topics such as racism, antisemitism, discrimination and other socially relevant issues. For the Education Agenda NS-Injustice, he presents selected projects and topics on Instagram and TikTok.
Estera Stan discusses the EVZ-funded project and the film of the same name, “Together We Are Stronger”: She emphasizes the importance of raising awareness of activism among Sinti and Roma, particularly that of women. In the film, women from the communities speak about their activist work, which is rarely highlighted or documented.
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Leonid A. Klimov reports on the new education agenda project "Stalino – the Donbas under German occupation": Where does the name come from? What stories are told in the project's podcast? And: How is the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine and the Ukrainian region of Donbas affecting cooperation with partners?
© Leonid Klimov
The project has already held numerous workshops and events that appeal to different age groups and provide historical and personal insights into Nazi past in the Allgäu region. We asked Dr. Veronika Heilmannseder, among other things, to what extent creative approaches have helped to raise young people in particular to local Nazi history.
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In this interview, Dr. Adam Sitarek discusses the Mapping Jewish Łódź project, including perspectives on Jewish life in Łódź, students' engagement with the city's history, the significance of urban space for educational work, and the impact of political developments in Poland on civil society engagement.
© Maciej Andrzejewski
Dr. Tobias Markowitsch reports on the work of the education agenda project “Denunciation-Repression-Persecution”: How are the pupils involved in the preparation of Nazi special court files that were tried before the former Mannheim Special Court during the Nazi era?
Radoslav Ganev reports on the work of the project “Unbroken - The Song of Survivors” on the history of the persecution and resistance of Sinti/Sintize and Roma/Romnja during and after National Socialism: How did the idea of an anime musical come about? And how do members of the Sinti and Roma community contribute to the project?
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The participants talk about their performance in a diverse ensemble, about their personal connection to contemporary witnesses and about the urgency of dealing with the history of National Socialism.
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Angelik Ustymenko (they/them) was a recipient of the Vidnova Fellowship we were funding. The project was realized by Commit by MitOst.
Volodymyr Yakovenko was a recipient of the Vidnova Fellowship we were funding. The project was realized by Commit by MitOst. He is currently working with "Youth Agency for the Advocacy of Roma Culture ARCA" on the creation and distribution of information platform "Djanes" and the new podcast section.
