According to the organization Kontakty which is concerned with the victims of National Socialism, only 15 prisoners of war of World War II are still alive in Ukraine. On behalf of the EVZ Foundation, the journalist Lesya Kharchenko met with Oleksandr Pavlovych Khomenko, a former prisoner of war.
The Holocaust survivor and bridge builder Felix Kolmer passed away at the age of 100 on August 5, 2022. This means that the EVZ Foundation has lost both a founding father and a long-standing companion.
Annette Schavan, Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of the EVZ Foundation, talks to us in an interview about the "interim year 2021" and what the foundation's founding mission has to do with the future.
On 28 February 2022, the Supreme Court of Russia confirmed the “liquidation” of the non-governmental organisation Memorial International in Moscow. This marks the beginning of the administrative process of the forced dissolution of Memorial International.
We condemn all attempts to call into doubt the European peaceful order. We stand in support of the state and civil society of Ukraine, as well as all peace-loving Ukrainian and Russian people.
A historian looks at forced laborer letters that had lain in Ukrainian archives for 78 years
The diplomat and bridge builder passed away in January 2022. Johannes Bauch was a member of the board of the Foundation Remembrance, Responsibility and Future from December 2002 to September 2003. Our deepest sympathy goes to the family of Johannes Bauch.
