Power of Personal Stories in Confronting Oblivion

by EUROM | Apr 4, 2024

The project “Power of Personal Stories in Confronting Oblivion (PPSCO)” aims to strengthen the practices of remembrance of the Holocaust and other genocides committed during the Second World War, in the partner countries and by extension in other countries of...

Developing an inclusive process for communicating dissonant heritage

by EUROM | Apr 2, 2024

The project aims to establish an inclusive and democratic approach to recounting the legacy of undemocratic history, with a focus on developing a methodology applicable to various dissonant heritage sites. Its innovative nature lies in its comprehensive strategy that...

Memory of the Women Prison of Ventas (Madrid)

by EUROM | Apr 17, 2023

The Ventas prison (1931-1969) was the most populated female prison in the history of Spain. Located in Madrid, it was originally conceived as a “Model Prison” for women by Victoria Kent – within the new criminal justice project of the Second...

Portuguese and Spanish Forced Laborers under National Socialism: History, Memory and Citizenship

by EUROM | Mar 16, 2023

This transnational project aims to create a public platform with information about Portuguese and Spanish forced labourers in Nazi Germany. Funded by the programme Europe for Citizens, it is led by the Institute of Contemporary History (IHC) of the New University of...

Uncomfortable Memories | Dissonant Heritage

by EUROM | Jun 7, 2022

One of the aspects that memorial legislation has tried to regularize over the last two decades is the relationship between citizenship and the collective spaces of remembrance. The multiple meanings and features of these spaces are subject to changing processes that...