Presentation of EUROM in Madrid

by sergi | Feb 20, 2016

Memorial processes in the 21st century face new challenges. For this presentation, organized by AMESDE at Centre Cultural Blanquerna in Madrid, EUROM director, Jordi Guixé, proposes a brief theoretical reflection before discussing concrete examples in Europe, Spain...

January 27th: Holocaust Remembrance Day

by sergi | Jan 10, 2016

The exhibition Roma Memory will be be on display at  the headquarters of the European Commission on 27 January and will run until 19 February. The show is the result of  research led by Yahad In Unum in partnership with the collective Roma Dignity since 2010, and...

Topographies of Memory: Exchanging Knowledge and Best Practices

by sergi | Jan 5, 2016

In specific historical contexts,  memories that are embedded in and activated by certain sites undergo social amnesia and dereliction; certain other sites may be subjected to deliberate destruction. Recent approaches to cultural heritage preservation and memory...

The Soviet Child, the War and the Holocaust

by sergi | Nov 20, 2015

Today, the voices of survivors and witnesses from the war in the East are those of people who lived through it as children. At a time when researchers and memorial institutions are gathering testimonies of these last witnesses of the genocide and the war, Yahad – In...

MemoriaBCN presents 10 routes on the history of the 20th century in Barcelona

by sergi | Nov 10, 2015

The Museum of History of Barcelona will held the presentation of MemoriaBCN. The project by Associaciò Conèixer Història includes a website and an application with 10 routes that highlight Barcelona 20th century history through different neighborhoods and districts....