Rund 500.000 deutsche Soldaten waren zwischen 1940 und 1945 in Norwegen, einem Land, das gerade mal drei Millionen Einwohner hatte. In keinem anderen besetzten Land gab es pro Kopf mehr deutsche Soldaten. In diesen fünf Jahren entstanden vielfältige Beziehungen. Deutsche wurden zu Folterknechten, Arbeitgebern, Liebhabern. Die Spuren, die sie hinterließen, wirken nach, bis in die...Read More
By: Wojciech Skóra Translated from the Polish by Caryl Swift Contrary to common beliefs, Europe is an area of highly stable and long-term settlement. A mosaic of several dozen nationalities, numerous national minorities and ethnic groups have occupied the same tracts of land for hundreds or thousands of years. Essentially, the last mass movements were...Read More
Author: Kathrin Pabst, Vest-Agder Museum, Norway Under the surface of our societies, there are thousands and thousands of stories that could add nuances and details to a black-and-white picture of historical events. But many of these stories are too private, too personal, or too traumatic to share. Feelings like despair, shame, or guilt might be...Read More
Muzeum Pomorza Środkowego w Słupsku będzie kontynuować projekt „Tożsamość w zagrożeniu” – relacje, uchodźców, przesiedleńców po 1945 roku. Za ten pomysł słupska placówka dostało „muzealnego Oscara” , bo projekt połączył placówki i uczelnie z siedmiu europejskich krajów. Radio Gdansk 11 November 2022 PolandRead More
By Dr.sc. Orietta Moscarda, Center for Historical Research Rovinj – Rovigno Dr.sc. Tamara Nikolić Đerić This project, conducted by the Ethnographic Museum of Istria, is about the displacement of part of the Istrian population after WWII and the consequences of that displacement which are still noticeable today. This so-called “Istrian exodus” is most clearly reflected...Read More
By Neringa Latvytė, Faculty of Communication of Vilnius University The research project conducted by the Faculty of Communication of Vilnius University deals with how the traumatic experiences, wounded past and unspoken memories of women who survived the Holocaust were communicated. Despite the fact that the Holocaust happened almost 80 years ago, the trauma of the...Read More
By Dorota (Ciecholewska) Hanowska Translated from the Polish by Caryl Swift Post-War Settlement in Słupsk is the contribution of the Museum of Central Pomerania in Słupsk to the international project Identity on the Line project, which was carried out under the Creative Europe programme. Memory blurs the contours of events and the generation who came...Read More
2022 m. lapkričio 8 d. Lietuvos gyventojų genocido ir rezistencijos tyrimo centro Tuskulėnų memorialo Konferencijų salėje vyko keliaujančios parodos „Gydant sielos žaizdas“ atidarymas. Vilniaus universiteto Komunikacijos fakultetas pristatė keliaujančią ekspoziciją „Gydant sielos žaizdas“, kurioje atskleidžiamos jaunų merginų, mergaičių ir moterų trauminės patirtys ir dilemos, patirtos siekiant išgyventi žiauriomis II-ojo pasaulinio karo ir Holokausto sąlygomis. Regionunaujienos.lt...Read More
By Corinne Brenko, MA and Urška Purg National Museum of Contemporary History of Slovenia Introduction Thirty years after Slovenia’s independence from Yugoslavia, the National Museum of Contemporary History of Slovenia started to work with a participatory approach, aiming to shed light on the personal narratives of people who migrated to Slovenia from the other Yugoslav...Read More
By Elina Nygård, Ájtte, Swedish Mountain and Sámi Museum Ájtte, Swedish Mountain and Sámi Museum in Jåhkåmåhkke wishes to share insights into the process of curating and building exhibitions about a sensitive subject for a minority. The museum opened in 1989 and tells the Sámi history, from the melting of the inland ice until now. Ever...Read More
