Museum - The European Observatory on Memories of the University of Barcelona’s Solidarity Foundation

Memorijalni Centar Lipa Pamti – Memorial Centre Lipa Remembers

by EUROM | Sep 4, 2019

After the capitulation of Italy in September 1943, the region to which Lipa belongs – the Liburnian Karst area – was controlled very quickly by the German army, although officially it was still part of the Italian Social Republic under the command of...

Hollandsche Schouwburg – National Holocaust Memorial

by EUROM | Jul 19, 2018

Historical Description The Hollandse Schouwburg (Dutch theater) was opened on the 5th of May 1892 in the Amsterdam Plantage District, it was designed by the Dutch architect Cornelis Antonius Bombach. Initially it was named the Artis Schouwburg, but two years later it...

National Memorial Fort Breendonk

by EUROM | Jun 11, 2018

History In the context of the German unification in 1870 and the outbreak of the French-German war of 1870-1871, there was a growing realization in Belgium that threats might not merely stem from the French, but also from the German side. In 1906, the law titled ‘plan...