PPSCO

Power of Personal Stories in Confronting Oblivion

The project „Power of Personal Stories in Confronting Oblivion” aims to strengthen the practices of remembrance of the Holocaust, and other genocides committed during WWII, in the partner countries and the European Union. The year 2025 is particularly important for this topic, as it will be the 80-years anniversary of the end of WWII, liberation of different concentration camps and other locations (such as Auschwitz, Dachau Jasenovac and Stara Gradiška), and the anniversary and liberation of many cities in Europe from Fascist and Nazi occupation.

The project focuses on combating Holocaust and other genocides denial, countering distortion, and trivialization of historical facts, by sharing accurate information, organizing public debates on the best practices of confronting distortion and creating new materials and methods based on personal stories and biographies of time-witnesses, victims, and survivors. The project will also analyze and highlight resistance and/or organized opposition.

Some of the activities planned or already implemented for the PPSCO project are: an interdisciplinary round-table for memory workers on Holocaust distortion, a visit for youth in Lipa (Croatia), training for teachers and educators with a focus on the use of biographies (Dachau, Germany), visitfor youth in Maribor Synagogue (Slovenia), a visit to Auschwitz for policymakers (Oświęcim, Poland),a  study visit and action-day for youth in Stara Gradiška (Croatia), a conference on Holocaust distortion (Barcelona, Spain), encounters with local policymakers and stakeholders etc.

The partners for the PPSCO project are:

1) Documenta – Centre for dealing with the past (Croatia) – Coordinator

2) Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Rijeka (Croatia)

3) IIT – Intercultural Institute of Timisoara (Romania)

4) Topografia per la storia (Italy)

5) The Max Mannheimer Study Center(Germany)

6) EUROM – The European Observatory on Memories (Spain)

7) The Centerof Jewish Cultural Heritage Synagogue Maribor (Slovenia)