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Dear Readers,
In this edition of our Newsletter we commemorate the remembrance of the fates of millions of Soviet prisoners of war. The suffering they endured under National Socialism remains to this day an often overlooked aspect of the culture of remembrance. The projects we fund reflect our commitment to keeping the memory alive, including their stories.
The triad of “Remembrance, Responsibility and Future” not only continues to serve as a beacon for the Foundation in its third decade of operation but has also remained a leitmotif in this Newsletter since the publication of our Agenda for the Future.
We remain deeply committed to this triad in our most recent projects for a contemporary education: By virtue of augmented reality, an app allows users to become fully immersed in history; a coding course assists young Roma and Sinti in their professional entry into web development; and a campaign sheds light on antisemitism on dark social media.
As always, you can find additional information on these and many other projects right here in this Newsletter – today featuring our new layout for the first time.
Let’s stay committed to working together!
With best regards,
Andrea Despot and Petra Follmar-Otto
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| New funding initiative for historical-political education |
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| On the initiative of the Federal Ministry of Finance (BMF), the EVZ Foundation launched a new project in June 2021: the Education Agenda NS-Injustice. |
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| #WeRememberEveryday |
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This year marks the remembrance of the fates of Soviet prisoners of war – 80 years following the invasion of the Soviet Union by the German Reich on June 22, 1941.
Some 5.7 million Soviet soldiers fell into German captivity in the racially motivated war of extermination. More than half of the Soviet soldiers – 3.35 million – died of starvation, disease, perished in hard labor and were murdered in targeted killings. Besides the Soviet civilian population and the European Jews, the Soviet prisoners of war represent one of the largest groups of victims of World War II. |
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Publication:
“Filling memory gaps.” |
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| The brochure summarizes the research findings of a project carried out by German Youth in Europe [Deutsche Jugend in Europa (DJO)] and the Ukrainian NGO Narodni Majdan Winnyzyny: In Vinnytsia, Ukraine, 1,500 patients were used for medical experiments and were shot by SS death squads [Einsatzkommandos] so that the German armed forces [Wehrmacht] could use the clinic. It was here that Soviet and other National Socialist prisoners of war were subjected to forced labor under deplorable conditions. |
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| The forgotten history of Stalag 352 |
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| A project is dedicated to the remembrance of the 80,000 prisoners of war who were imprisoned in the Stalag 352 detention camp situated on the outskirts of Minsk in Mayukovshchina. A multimedia digital app visualizes the history of the detention camp. The app is also used as a visual guide for visitors to the detention camp site. Events held on the detention camp grounds make the previously neglected site accessible to the neighborhood. |
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„Can you name groups of people that, to your knowledge, were persecuted and murdered by the regime during the time of National Socialism?“
Only 0.8 per cent of respondents named "prisoners of war" in their answer to this question in the MEMO Study 2021.
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| Online exhibition: Langwasser POW camp |
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| Images of staged National Socialist Party rallies in Nuremberg continue to shape our perception of this site to this day. Contrasting with this was the unofficial “Russian tent camp” set up at the site in August 1941 for the detainment of the first 6,000 Soviet prisoners of war. Tens of thousands more Soviet soldiers were detained there as of April 1942. By 1945, thousands of prisoners of war and forced laborers had perished in the camp. A Nuremberg Museums website dedicated to the “The National Socialist Rally Grounds in World War II” project vividly documents their fates. |
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| Blodveger – National Socialist Forced Labor in Northern Norway |
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| Soviet prisoners of war were subjected to forced labor also in Northern Norway. They were forced to build coastal defense systems, roads and railways and to extract mineral resources under inhumane conditions. The Blodveger research theater project has digitized an extensive catalog of information, based on survivors’ reports, in six languages: German, Russian, Serbian, Norwegian, Swedish and English. |
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| Online database: Soviet war cemeteries in Germany |
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| The database documents over 4,000 sites where monuments to Soviet victims of war from World War II, along with their gravesites, can be found. |
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| Prisoner art in Augmented Reality |
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| The Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial has launched the augmented reality app "ARt. Das KZ Dachau in Zeichnungen" [ARt. Dachau Concentration Camp in Drawings"]. The project enables visitors to project drawings of former prisoners into reality via their smartphones while exploring the memorial site. |
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| October 1, 2021: Symposium on “The Future of Memory in Poland and Germany” |
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| Questions related to the future of digital memory culture in Poland and Germany will form the basis for discussion during the event, jointly organized with iRights.Lab and the project partners of the digital // memory funding program. Participants will enjoy the opportunity to gain insight into the potential and challenges associated with chatbots, web documentaries, augmented reality, serious games and mobile apps for historic-political education purposes. |
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| Up until October 31, 2021: MEET UP! Youth for Partnership Call for Applications 2022-2023 |
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A new call for applications is about to begin at MEET UP! for digital, hybrid and analog binational and multinational youth projects, as well as job shadowing: Partnerships based in Germany, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine are eligible to participate. Starting this September, professionals from Germany and the Eastern Partnership countries have been invited to participate in the qualification, networking and consulting opportunities on offer.
The funding program will be implemented by the EVZ Foundation with funds from the Federal Foreign Office. |
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#tsuzamen – Young perspectives on Jewish life
on TikTok |
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How is cholent prepared? Which foods are kosher? These and many more topics are discussed by the youth campaign #tsuzamen on EVZ Young social media channels on Instagram and TikTok.
The new TikTok channel features interactive content aimed at young target groups for the thematic year “1,700 years of Jewish life in Germany.” The campaign is carried out by student public relations agency Goldene Zwanziger [Golden Twenties] e.V. |
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| Virtual tour of the Zittau Jewish Cemetery |
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| Visitors and participants can now take a virtual tour of the Jewish cemetery in the Saxon city of Zittau. The tour was created by young volunteers from 11 different countries as part of Project MAZEWA. The Hillersche Villa project is funded under the funding program YOUNG PEOPLE remember. |
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| Campaign: Antisemitism on dark social media |
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| Antisemitic crimes, which have been steadily rising since 2015, reached a peak in the wake of the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic. The dark social media in particular has accelerated radicalization across and beyond mass digital platforms. In order to better understand the role that these networks play, polisphere is in the process of conducting a comparative analysis of current antisemitic phenomena. The findings from this research will be presented in a social media campaign (#AntisemitismusInDarkSocial) and discussed within the scope of a digital event series. |
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| Currently showing at the cinema: “CAFE ZELIG” |
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| Survivors of National Socialist persecution traditionally meet once a week at Munich’s “Café Zelig.” They come together to laugh, sing and celebrate – as well as to argue and discuss various topics, and also to mourn. The EVZ Foundation has remained committed to supporting this meeting point since the Café was founded in 2016. Filmmaker Tanja Cummings filmed the Café and its visitors over a period of several months. The documentary feature will premiere in October 2021 at the invitation of the Jewish Community of Munich. |
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| Coalition building: alliances for a society based on solidarity |
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| Liberal democracy and social cohesion are increasingly coming under threat in many European countries. Antisemitism, antigypsyism and racism are clearly evident. In fulfilling its commitment to a democratic society based on solidarity, the EVZ Foundation supports projects in the Coalition Building funding program. How and where are Coalition Building projects actively engaged? Check out the Foundation’s social media channels to find out. |
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| Survivors may now meet together again |
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| The Central Welfare Board of Jews in Germany [Zentralwohlfahrtsstelle (ZWST)] celebrated the 70th anniversary of its reestablishment, additionally featuring the debut of its new website design. Check out their website: Following a long pandemic-related hiatus, activities for Holocaust survivors can finally resume. It is now possible to meet again for small-group gymnastics – and the Café, supported by the EVZ Foundation for many years now, has reopened its doors. |
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| “Recode Your Life”: Pilot project combines IT and empowerment |
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| The “Recode Your Life” project will launch in September 2021 with the full-stack web developer online course for Roma and Sinti. Of the 31 applicants, 8 have secured their free-tuition spots in the selection procedure. IT training will be supplemented by individual mentoring tailored to the participants’ needs. The four-month training will run as a pilot project carried out by the Berlin-based RomaniPhen Association. |
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| Rainbow Philanthropy study presents EVZ’s SOGIdarity program |
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| The German Institute for Human Rights and Dreilinden gGmbH have jointly published the 5th Monitoring Study of German Funding for LGBTIQA+ Human Rights Work in the Global South and East. EVZ’s SOGIdarity program is featured in the study as Good Practice. |
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Stiftung Erinnerung,
Verantwortung und Zukunft (EVZ)
Friedrichstraße 200
10117 Berlin, Germany
T +49 (30) 25 92 97-0
F +49 (30) 25 92 97-11
www.stiftung-evz.de |
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Responsible:
Dr. Andrea Despot
Editorial:
Katrin Kowark, Hanna Komornitzyk, Sophie Ziegler
Image Credits:
stalag352story.by; KZ-Gedenkstätte Dachau/ZAUBAR; Simon Reuter; DAS ZELIG/Tanja Cummings;
Rafael Herlich
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