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Crossborder Factory

Crossborder Factory

by | 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,...
Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum

Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum

by | 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...
Aarhus University – Uses of the Past

Aarhus University – Uses of the Past

by | 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

Mémorial de la Shoah

by | 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...