EVZ Conversations!
EVZ Conversations! of the Foundation Remembrance, Responsibility and Future is a digital and on-site discussion format and event series. It brings together people in the areas of politics, civil society and business from the EVZ Foundation's networks in Germany, Central and Eastern Europe as well as Israel – in public discussion events, background and expert talks or in creative and artistic formats.
The focus is on topics that are socially relevant and closely linked to the EVZ Foundation's mission and work.
In 2022, we launched the discussion series and talked with our guests, for example about the consequences of the war in Ukraine on the culture of remembrance, the situation of human rights activists in Ukraine, Belarus and Russia as well as the abduction of Ukrainian children by Russia.
You can find the best-of videos and complete recordings of past events on our YouTube channel.
© Stefanie Loos
© Stefanie Loos
© Stefanie Loos
© Stefanie Loos
© Stefanie Loos
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© Stiftung EVZ
The abduction of children is one of the most cruel war crimes committed by Russia in its war of aggression against Ukraine. Together with experts, we examined various legal, political and social aspects. How are these war crimes carried out? What happens to the stolen children? Who can get them back and how can the perpetrators be brought to justice?
There won’t be any accountability for the responsible persons if Ukraine does not win the war.
The event was held in cooperation with the Maxim Gorki Theater.
In a hybrid event, representatives of the three Nobel Peace Prize laureate organizations of 2022 discussed the human rights situation in Belarus, Russia and Ukraine and the different challenges faced by the respective civil societies since the full-scale Russian war of aggression in the three countries.
Putin is not afraid of NATO, he is afraid of freedom, or of the idea of freedom, because it’s right on the border with Russia.
The following took part in the discussions:
Moderation: Dr. Andrea Despot, Chief Executive Officer of the EVZ Foundation
The event was carried out in cooperation with the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities in the context of its annual theme 2023|24 "Project: Enlightenment!".
The instrumentalization of history by Russia in the war of aggression against Ukraine has far-reaching consequences for the European culture of remembrance. Experts from politics, academia and civil society discussed how certainties in the culture of remembrance are increasingly called into question and what needs to be done to address this issue.
It is the policy of modern Russia to instrumentalize the past and to erase Ukraine as a subject from this past. It is obvious that the Russian Federation has been preparing this war during the last 20 years.
How is Putin instrumentalizing history in the war of aggression against Ukraine? And what challenges does memory work face in times of war? These and other topics were covered in past episodes of EVZ Conversations!
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