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The program aims to involve young people in the planning and implementation of remembrance culture projects. The program focuses on a critical examination of the National Socialist era, its crimes and its before and after period. Funding is provided for youth projects and memorial sites and history initiatives in Germany.
The program focuses on young people's questions about the history of National Socialism, its crimes and its before and after history. In projects, they can engage intensively with certain aspects of Nazi history or learn through research at historical memorial sites. The various interests they have in the here and now are the starting point. They reflect our social diversity (in terms of gender, origin, religion and social background). The program aims to show young people diverse approaches to the history of National Socialism. All projects are therefore participation-orientated and initiate spaces for exchange and reflection on knowledge, values and emotions.
The aim is to promote young people's critical and reflective historical awareness and to enable them to become bearers of a critical culture of remembrance. We want to empower them to deal with antisemitism, racism and right-wing extremism in a committed and competent manner.
The program is based on the funding principles of the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media for the funding program Young People Remember
The program has two funding lines:
The Memorial Museums Department of the Topography of Terror is entrusted with the professional support and networking of the project partners.
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What do the project sponsor and the EVZ Foundation seek to achieve with this project?
Participants in this project examine the biography of the Czech composer and conductor Miloslav Kabeláč and the history of the German occupation of what was then Czechoslovakia. Kabeláč’s compositions address the National Socialist occupation from an artistic perspective and were an expression of cultural resistance against the Nazi regime. The project makes his works and the associated history of cultural resistance accessible to a wider public.
Who is involved, and who does the project reach?
The ffortissibros are a men’s chamber choir from Schwerin. It is directed by Benedikt Kantert and has won multiple awards. Twenty young people from 20 to 26 years old take part in the project. Concerts and recordings are making this musical experience available to a wide audience.
Why is the EVZ Foundation supporting this project in particular?
Little attention has been paid to the role of music and art in the resistance to National Socialist occupation. The project focuses on the early years of Nazi rule and sheds light on the victims’ perspectives. With its creative approach and innovative methods, it provides low-threshold access to this topic for participants and the public alike. Recordings and broadcasts on the Deutschlandfunk German public radio network contribute to the broad public response to this project.
Project sponsor: ffortissibros e. V.
Funding period: 2024
Funding amount: 29,850 euros
Funding country: Germany
Webseite: www.ffortissibros.de
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