The war in Ukraine has a major impact on all of us: Every day, new pictures and reports show how difficult the situation on the ground really is, as well as the immeasurable suffering of the people in the country. At the same time, the reports show that Europe-wide cooperation in humanitarian work as well as in historical-political education is more important now than ever.

Our transnational projects from the Europe cluster of the Education Agenda NS-Injustice are also relevant to the current situation: The Ukrainian partners involved in the project "Who were the victims of the National Socialists?" are currently finding continuation impossible for very understandable reasons. For the project "Uprooted" , involving amongst others the educational center Tolerspace from Kyiv, the partners jointly carry out research on the forgotten fates of children in World War II and establish a connection to their rights today. 

There are also major implications for other educational projects: Where are events and encounters possible at all? How can the affected participants be supported? The EVZ Foundation stands in support of the partnership projects in Ukraine at this difficult time.

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Dr. Andrea Despot
Chief Executive Officer of the EVZ Foundation

Every month, journalist Vanessa Vu meets people in the "Klassenzimmer" [Classroom] who ask each other questions in different ways about origin, family and affiliations. In the February issue Roxanna-Lorraine Witt, a Sinti, was a guest talking about her experiences with trauma, structural exclusion as well as empowerment. By the way: On the first weekend in February, the Schaubühne also hosted the panel discussion "Transatlantische Gespräche" [Transatlantic Talks] curated by Carolin Emcke and Daniel Mendelsohn took place. The four panels in which international experts discussed various aspects of neo-fascism are also available on the theater's YouTube channel. As part of the Education Agenda NS-Injustice, the EVZ Foundation has funded both formats.

How has the self-perception of the Munich Kammerspiele changed since the fates of employees who suffered persecution under National Socialism were explored?

Since 2018, Janne and Klaus Weinzierl have been researching with me the FATES of people who worked at the Munich Kammerspiele and were persecuted, deprived or murdered from 1933 on. Since then, we have become aware of a whole range of well over 200 FATES. We currently publish a weekly podcast series on this research and we are working on a website that will provide online access to our research whilst also making it possible to have an actual experience of our very impactful research process. We will also inaugurate a commemorative sign at the entrance to our playhouse on April 7. A plaque commemorating 28 people who worked at the Kammerspiele, were murdered from 1933 onwards or who chose to flee towards their deaths. Such interventions in the architecture of the building alter the self-perception of the Munich Kammerspiele including, for example, the renaming of the second chamber as the Therese-Giehse-Halle.