Aarhus University – Uses of the Past

by EUROM | Feb 8, 2018

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...

Graffiti in remembrance of the victims of the Holocaust

by EUROM | Jan 26, 2018

The wall painting, created by the urban artist Roc Blackblock with the collaboration of twelve high school students from Institut Moisès Broggi, was developed at Plaça del Rei from January 23 to 25 over a modular structure; It will be exhibited at Capella de Santa...

International Holocaust Remembrance Day

by EUROM | Dec 20, 2017

EUROM organizes two activities for the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust in Barcelona together with the Commissioner of Memory Programes of the City Council The program includes a keynote speech by Piotr Cywiński, director of...

Genocides and mass atrocities. Teaching and pedagogical tools on history and memory

by EUROM | Apr 7, 2017

Organized in collaboration with the Mémorial de la Shoah and the research group DHiGeCs (Didactics of History, Geography, and other Social Sciences) of the University of Barcelona, the workshop is addressed to young researchers and students of education. Pictures:...

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...