Ettersberg Foundation
Foundation for the comparative study of European Dictatorships and their democratic Transition. Read more ...
Buchenwald Memorial
At the Buchenwald Memorial, the history of the Nazi concentration camp and the history of the Soviet internment camp is presented.
European Youth Education and Meeting Centre
This institution in Weimar, Germany, offers political education, intercultural learning as well as theatre and pedagogical workshops.
International Youth Meeting in Germany in 2005
2 - 13 April 2005, Berlin and Weimar
"The Long Shadow of World War II: Young Europeans on ‘The Future of Remembrance’"
Program and Activities
Saturday, 2 April 2005
Arrival of participants in Berlin
Sunday, 3 April 2005
Official Welcome, getting to know each other, presentation of the Körber Foundation and of EUSTORY; guided tour through Berlin
Monday, 4 April 2005
Departure for Weimar, guided tour through the town; discussion on topics, results and questions of the internet forum
Tuesday, 5 April 2005
Working on the topic "Future of Remembrance"; one part of the group forms a creative team to prepare the staged reading that will be shown in public on April 9.
Topic: Guilt and Reconciliation
Discussion of arguments put forward by the participants and eye witnesses in the internet forum. The creative group develops scenes on the topic "Guilt and Reconciliation".
Topic: Monuments and Memorials
Visit to the former factory premises of "Topf und Söhne" in Erfurt, followed by discussion. The participants develop their own concepts of how to use this area as a memorial. The creative group works on the topic "Monuments and Memorials".
Wednesday, 6 April 2005
Excursion to the Buchenwald Memorial, evaluation in two groups. In the evening: visit to Goethe National Museum (including Goethes's house)
Thursday, 7 April 2005
Topic: Looking into the future
Preparing the interviews with the eye witnesses; the creative group works on the topic "Looking into the future"; In the evening: informal get together with the participants and the eye witnesses.
Friday, 8 April 2005
Interviewing the eye witnesses and evaluating the talks.
Saturday, 9 April 2005
Last rehearsal for the presentation of the creative group; The other part of the group carries out interviews with the descendants of survivors of the Buchenwald Concentration Camp In the evening: public presentation of the work of the creative group at the Buchenwald Memorial
Sunday, 10 April 2005
Official commemoration act in the National Theatre Weimar followed by formal commemoration at the Buchenwald Memorial; In the evening: exchange of impressions of the commemoration acts and evaluation of the interviews
Monday, 11 April 2005
Workshop on the Future of Remembrance
Dienstag, 12. April 2005
Workshop to be continued; evaluation of the seminar; Departure for Berlin
Wednesday, 13 April 2005
Departure of the participants
