To celebrate the fifth anniversary of YOUNG PEOPLE remember international, the EVZ Foundation launched a photo competition called 'Traces of Memory' for people taking part in the program's projects.
Discover the top ten photographs and the powerful stories behind them here.
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What are the biggest challenges for memory work and civic education in the digital space? At the event marking the fifth anniversary of the funding program YOUNG PEOPLE remember international, we explored these questions in a panel discussion with experts. Full-length interviews with the panelists.
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With his team, Andrii Knyha is bringing new life to Kherson’s city theater as a “third place” – an open space for dialogue, learning, and community. Workshops, culinary experiences, and mental health programs have turned it into a place of strength and an anchor for local people, supported through the EVZ Foundation’s funding program YeMistechko.
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Natalie Baruch is a Network Israel Fellow involved with ACHOTI, a feminist organization. She developed workshops on the perspectives of Mizrahi Jewish women in Israel and Muslim women in Germany. She tells us about the challenges after October 7 and how important it is to reimagine solidarity across borders.
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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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25 years EVZ Foundation! We offer a first preview of the program for the anniversary year 2025/2026. Also: the 2024 activity report, current calls for proposals, a new digital archive, an interview about Jewish life in Łódź, the Civic Space Report 2025, and insights into projects from the YOUNG PEOPLE remember committed funding line.
© Jiří Lubojacký
