News from the Education Agenda NS-Injustice and the projects. Desktopversion   EN / DE Dear readers,   Please think about your work environment for a moment. What thoughts go through your mind when you hear this statement: "Antisemitism? We don't have that here!" Would you agree? Could this come from a colleague? Or do you instinctively want to follow with the question: "Are you quite sure about that?" It is no coincidence that the EVZ Foundation has picked this statement in the context of Education Agenda NS-Injustice as the title of their panel discussion. Antisemitism, racism and antigypsyism are real problems in the sphere of work. They reveal themselves daily in remarks, value judgments and actions – consciously and unconsciously. Our projects make a decisive effort to oppose these phenomena: This is done by the transfer of knowledge and intervention skills to/in the direction of specific professional groups or educational programs in cultural spaces. Specifically, this means: They conduct workshops and seminars for employees from administration, the police as well as the judiciary or bring our issues and concerns to the theater. Learn more about our plans, projects and protagonists below. Stay in touch, inform and get committed with us. Dr. Andrea Despot CEO of the EVZ Foundation   THEATER DER JUNGEN WELT LEIPZIG ON THE OTHER SIDE   The first part of the theater project "MIRROR // MIRROR" premiered in May: an interactive format between theater and a simulation game by the artist collective VERAVOEGELIN, that transports its audience into the world of likes and follows, troll attacks and bot armies, and also explores why social networks all too often foster disinformation, conspiracy ideology and extremism. Get tickets for upcoming performances     HUMANITY IN ACTION Fellows as guests of the EVZ Foundation On June 14, the EVZ Foundation will be welcoming very special guests: Twenty fellows from Humanity in Action's European Fellowship program will come to the Foundation that day to learn more about the work. In addition to a discussion with the CEO, Dr. Andrea Despot, the program primarily includes an exchange about the impressions of the day and the role of memory work in the context of historical-political education: Prior to the visit, the fellows will visit three Holocaust memorials and thereby commemorate the victims of National Socialism. Find out more about the program     CALLS FOR APPLICATIONS Jetzt für eine Förderung bewerben! With NS Injustice Education Agenda, the Federal Ministry of Finance (BMF) and the EVZ Foundation launched a new, multi-year funding program in 2021. Historical awareness, living memory of National Socialist persecution and against exclusion and discrimination here and now constitute the central aspects of the funding. The second phase of the project begins with calls for applications relating to the four areas of focus "Education in cultural spaces", "Education in digital learning spaces", "Transfer" and "Europe". Submissions for three calls for applications are possible until June 23, 2022. Apply now!       KREISAU-INITIATIVE E.V. Stolen Children during World War II: Workshops for young people   As part of the Uprooted project, the Kreisau-Initiative provides free workshops, media training and historical eyewitness interviews for young people on the topic of stolen children during World War II. It also addresses current violations of children's rights. Interested schools, youth clubs and organizations from Berlin and Brandenburg can still register. Click here to register           What motivates the descendants of those who suffered National Socialist persecution in their social commitment? What needs do they have to make an effective contribution to historical-political educational work? Which fields of action do they engage in, and how do they intend to have an impact as bearers of our culture of remembrance? The participants, i.e. descendants as well as educational institutions and memorial sites working with descendants, approached these questions in the structured dialog co-creative workshop of the NS Injustice Education Agenda. Mapping of players, funding perspectives as well as the development of ideas were on the agenda on May 20. A meeting that above all made clear: Irrespective of family history or background, participants are united by a desire for participation, networking, and the need to relate as equals. A detailed review as well as a graphic recording will be available on the EVZ Foundation website from mid-June. The Education Agenda NS-Injustice at a glance           What do you think he is seeing there? At the workshop held by the European Academy Berlin, participants from Poland, France and Germany learned how to use a 360-degree camera, laptop and curiosity to create virtual spaces and unfold a world all their own before our eyes in this way. As part of the Onboarding Memories project, they will be enabled to embark on a historical search for traces on their own doorstep and then tell us their stories in the virtual space. More about the workshops & follow-up dates     MDR KULTUR Leipzig Youth Theater explores the hidden sides of social media In a radio feature, MDR Kultur reports on the play "ON THE OTHER SIDE," that was developed in the context of the project "MIRROR // MIRROR" and premiered at the Theatre of the Young World Leipzig in early May. An extraordinary theater evening that turned the nearly 40 visitors into test subjects for the new HYDRA social media platform. A competition for likes and follows that was "great fun" according to MDR Kultur. Listen now     SÜDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG Munich Kammerspiele researches the fates of employees persecuted during the National Socialist era An article in the newspaper provides insights into the genesis of the project "Remembrance as work on the present," with which the Munich Kammerspiele sheds light on its own National Socialist past – and notes: Expression of a late, but lively, new culture of remembrance. A list with 28 names of employees persecuted during the National Socialist era has been serving as a reminder of their history in a showcase at the theater since last week. Read the article     MUSEEN.KOELN MAGAZINE Gertrud Heuft: The story of a Jewish domestic servant The starting point for Dr. Martin Rüther's article "Unsere liebe Gertrud [Our dear Gertrud]" in the specialist publication of the online platform museenkoeln is an exchange of letters between the Cologne Schöneberg family and their Jewish domestic servant. Since 1988 a research associate at the NS-Documentation Center of the City of Cologne, Rüther traces the little-known fate of Gertrud Heuft, who came to Cologne in the 1920s, based on the results of the project "Verschwundenes sichtbar machen [Bringing the past back to light]." Read article by Dr. Martin Rüther on page 26 & 27           Dr. Elke Gryglewski, Stiftung Niedersächsische Gedenkstätten   Ms. Gryglewski, how would you complete the following sentence: "Right is,..."? What is right is (or should be) what strengthens our democracy and promotes the equal coexistence of people in a diverse society. During National Socialism, neither was provided nor wanted. At that time, law was only supposed to serve the interests of the state or the National Socialist regime; it was always ideologically based and was written, exercised and interpreted with the aim of persecuting people defined as not belonging and, in particular, murdering Jews or Sinti and Roma. Based on the experience of that time, the state itself, with its governments, now attaches importance to supporting strategies to prevent such policies and to allow jurisprudence to be independent of political influence. Read more     JUNE 10 & 17, COTTBUS & BERLIN   "stolpern" holds its premiere at the children's and youth theater Piccolo   Based on Stolpersteine [stumbling stones] in Berlin and Cottbus and in an examination of the biographies to which they refer, a group of young people has created a theater performance. In June, the production will premiere in Cottbus and at the Schaubühne Berlin.   Secure tickets for the Schaubühne       JUNE 15, COLOGNE   Large projection recalls fate of Jewish family Schönenberg   On June 15, 1942, Max and Erna Schönenberg were deported from Cologne to the Theresienstadt Ghetto; both later died in concentration camps. The family's former home at Venloer Straße 23 will be illuminated to draw attention to traces of Jewish life and to persecution and murder under National Socialism.   View event calendar       JULY 1-3, BERLIN   Panel Discussion: 10th Humanity in Action International Conference   The The 10th International Humanity in Action Conference is part of the larger project Untold Stories, implemented hand-in-hand with our Amsterdam, Berlin and Warsaw teams. The focus is historical and contemporary with the National Socialist regime’s injustices and atrocities as a starting point. We focus on Antisemitism, racism, discrimination of and hatred towards the LGBTQI community in Europe in order to advance an inclusive and diverse culture of remembrance.   Learn more       All dates     Imprint Stiftung Erinnerung, Verantwortung und Zukunft Friedrichstraße 200 10117 Berlin, Germany T +49 (30) 25 92 97-0 F +49 (30) 25 92 97-11 Website   Responsible: Dr. Andrea Despot Editorial: Hanna Komornitzyk, Katrin Kowark, Maria Krell, Sophie Ziegler Image credits: Tom Schulz, Kreisau-Initiative, Martin Bein   Contact The editorial team welcomes your opinion on the newsletter and will be happy to answer any questions. We also help with any issues you might encounter: newsletter@stiftung-evz.de You are receiving this e-mail because you have subscribed to the newsletter of the EVZ Foundation. You can unsubscribe from this information service at any time. To unsubscribe, click here. 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