Columbia University – Institute for the Study of Human Rights

by carles | Feb 24, 2023

The Institute for the Study of Human Rights (ISHR) was established in 1978 at Columbia University. ISHR is committed to its three core goals of providing excellent human rights education to Columbia students, fostering innovative interdisciplinary academic research,...

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...

Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum

by carles | Feb 24, 2023

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...

Associació Conèixer Història

by carles | Feb 24, 2023

The Associació Conèixer Història (Knowing History Association) is an NGO created in Barcelona in 2008 with the aim of researching and spreading knowledge of the past in order to better understand the present and achieve a fairer and more democratic future. Through its...