Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum

by EUROM | Apr 3, 2017

The Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum was created by an act of the Polish parliament on July 2, 1947, and includes the grounds of two extant parts of the Auschwitz I and Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camps. The Museum grounds cover 191 hectares, of which 20 are at...

Rab Concentration Camp

by EUROM | Mar 27, 2017

In order to crush partisan resistance in Ljubljana, Fascist Italy carried out raids beginning in February 1942 and the majority of arrested civilians were sent to Rab (or Arbe in Italian), the largest concentration camp in Italian-occupied territory. Established in...

Stiftung Berliner Mauer (Berlin Wall Foundation)

by EUROM | Mar 15, 2017

The Berlin Wall Foundation was established as a foundation under public law by legislation passed on September 17, 2008. The foundation encompasses two institutions: the Berlin Wall Memorial on Bernauer Strasse and the Marienfelde Refugee Centre Memorial, both of...

Historijski Muzej Bosne i Hercegovine

by sergi | Sep 10, 2016

The History Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina is a unique cultural institution in Bosnia and Herzegovina which has become a space for dialogue about the past and different aspects of remembrance. The museum develops different programs and activities in order to help...

Museu do Aljube – Câmara Municipal de Lisboa

by sergi | Sep 10, 2016

The Museum Aljube – Resistance and Freedom (Museu do Aljube – Resistência e Liberdade) is dedicated to the memory of the fight against dictatorship and the resistance for freedom and democracy. Inaugurated on April 25, 2015 as a municipal museum, it aims...