Crossborder Factory

by carles | Feb 24, 2023

Crossborder Factory is a European think-and-do tank. Its goal is the strengthening of intercultural competence and European commitment. Crossborder Factory provides a platform for European citizens who wish to actively participate in shaping a democratic, peaceful,...

Can Jonch. Culture Center for Peace. Ajuntament de Granollers

by carles | Feb 24, 2023

On 31 May 1938 Granollers suffered one of the bloodiest bombings over the civilian population in Catalan territory. 224 people were killed. The city would suffer more bombardements on January 1939, but none would be so bloody as the first. This tragic event, yet...

Bloody Sunday Trust – The Museum of Free Derry

by carles | Feb 24, 2023

If there is any event related to the city of Derry from which contradictory views of the past arise, it will surely be known as the Bloody Sunday. On Sunday, 30 January 1972, 26 civilians taking part in a republican demonstration organised by the Northern Ireland...

Aarhus University – Uses of the Past

by carles | Feb 24, 2023

The past is not what it once was. This is a graffiti used as a title for a book on historical methodology written by a Norwegian historian. The past is a point of orientation for individuals as well as for communities in the present. Memories, material objects and...

Mémorial de la Shoah

by EUROM | Oct 14, 2019

The seeds of the Shoah Memorial were planted during the war with the founding of the Centre de Documentation Juive Contemporaine (Contemporary Jewish Documentation Center), an archive that collected evidence of anti-Jewish persecution. Later, the Memorial of the...