This is a space for young perspectives on current events, identity, history and its relevance for the present.
The EUSTORY History Campus gives voice to personal stories and perspectives on history and identity of young Europeans. It was initiated by Körber-Stiftung and the EUSTORY Network to show the interplay of history, society and current politics in order to achieve a sense of responsibility for a common Europe.
Critical thinking, creative approaches and the curiosity to develop new attitudes towards historical and social topics unite young people from more than 30 countries.
On the public blog young EUSTORY History Campus authors publish articles, opinion pieces and personal stories about topics related to history, society and identity.
During EUSTORY Summits, History Camps and online projects organised by Körber-Stiftung and EUSTORY, prize winners from EUSTORY history competitions meet and work together to use history as a laboratory for international understanding.
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EUSTORY is an informal, international network of non-governmental organisations carrying out historical research competitions for youth in 25 European countries. It creates space for encounters and facilitates dialogue on shared European history and future in regular international youth seminars. Eventually it promotes the significance of history for a common European future through international conferences and workshops. EUSTORY was established in 2001 and since then more than 200,000 young Europeans participated in national EUSTORY history competitions. The EUSTORY prize winner activities and meetengs as well as EUSTORY Alumni projects set the basis for the EUSTORY History Campus. For more information see http://eustory.eu/about-us.html
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All former participants of EUSTORY or Körber Foundation activities. Participants from partner organisations who participate in EUSTORY events can also become a part of our alumni network.
The EUSTORY History Campus is a platform for young Europeans who are interested in history and want to enter into a dialogue about history with their peers. In the public section of the platform we post articles about selected topics related to European history and identity. On this platform we also offer seminars and workshops for young Europeans from our networks and provide a safe space for exchange and discussions in the password-protected area and closed groups on our platform.
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Starting his research for the Czech EUSTORY History Competition (@eustory_czechia) in 2000/2001, Dr. Zdeněk Hazdra did not yet know where his participation would lead him to...
🧐 Being interested in modern history, Dr. Zdeněk Hazdra delved into the life stories of three men who suffered under the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia and the Communist regime that followed in different ways.
💭 Their accounts affected him deeply, making him aware of how fragile a free society can be. The insights he gained during his research shaped his relation to history – and impact him till the present day:
In 2014, a dream came true, by turning his passion into profession: Zdeněk Hazdra became Director of the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes (@ustr_cr), where he dedicates himself to the study of authoritarian regimes in modern history – every day.
On the occasion of EUSTORY's 20th anniversary, we share personal stories of people who were shaped by their experiences with EUSTORY. All these stories – told in pictures, videos, and short texts – demonstrate: history matters and even small steps can have a huge impact.
Wanna get to know EUSTORIANs from all over Europe and beyond?
⚡ Stay tuned and follow our EUSTORY Impact Stories to be published here in the upcoming weeks! ⚡
📸 1: Přemysl Fialka
📸 2: Tom Rett
@koerberstiftung @centrum_pant
#historymatters #EUSTORY #20yearsEUSTORY #career #path #job #careerpath #careerchoice #historycompetition #czechrepublic
Historical issues can be explosive, even 70 years after: With her history competition entry, Marie contributed to a turning-point of an important debate.
Diving into the history of the estate “Gut Zichow”, Marie found evidence that the owners employed inmates from the Concentration Camp Ravensbrück (@ravensbrueck.memorial) on their farm in the 1940s. Being located in the former GDR (German Democratic Republic / East Germany), the family of the former estate owners received reparation payments after German reunification – even though German law forbids reparations for profiteers of Nazi crimes.
Shortly after Marie had handed in her research project, the case was re-opened: Following a trial in 2015, the family of the former owners had to pay back the reparations to the state. Marie’s research played a significant role; her findings were referred to in court, possibly contributing to the decision. 🧑⚖️
At the same time, Marie experienced how her investigation of the estate’s past was met with rejection from local residents, whom she hoped to cooperate with. This made her realise how important an active local culture of remembrance is. 👩🏫
On the occasion of EUSTORY's 20th anniversary, we share personal stories of people who were shaped by their experiences with EUSTORY. All these stories – told in pictures, videos, and short texts – demonstrate: history matters and even small steps can have a huge impact.
Wanna get to know EUSTORIANs from all over Europe and beyond?
⚡ Stay tuned and follow our EUSTORY Impact Stories to be published here in the upcoming weeks! ⚡
📸 1, 2, 4: private
📸 6: rbb24.de
@geschichtswettbewerb @koerberstiftung
#neveragain #neverforget #geschichtswettbewerb #brandenburg #ravensbrück #ww2 #20yearsEUSTORY #EUSTORY #historymatters #worldwar2 #weremember
Reading 30 years old letters from her mother’s pen friendship with a girl from another country, EUSTORY Online History Camp participant Anastasia from Belarus discovered how our memory can cheat us:
✉️ Anastasia’s mother Elena began her pen friendship with Yvonne in the late 1980s. During this turbulent time of fundamental change in the former Soviet Union and Socialist countries, the two girls exchanged letters - until the events of world history put an end to their pen friendship...
🔎But who was this girl, where did she really come from? Digging deeper into her mother’s pen friendship, Anastasia soon discovered a surprising fact about Yvonne that her mother had remembered completely differently…
🧐 Curious? Click through the letters and other traces of this unique friendship on the #EUSTORY #HistoryCampus blog!
👉Link in bio
The Online History Camp was organised by Körber-Stiftung in the framework of a cooperation project with DVV International which was funded by Auswärtiges Amt (@auswaertigesamt).
📸: Private
@upu_un
#worldpostday #post #letter #penpal #postcard #transition #Belarus #historymatters #30PostSovietYears #CivilSocietyCooperation
Writing about history is tricky. It’s even trickier when you want to mix facts and fiction – or when you want to turn your family’s story into a novel... 📚
Nadia, prize winner from Switzerland, faced these challenges when she wrote her EUSTORY History Competition Contribution “At The Last Moment”. The book is based on her great-grandparents' escape from West-Prussia to Switzerland in winter 1945. 🇨🇭
Researching her ancestors’ story and finding out what really happened was not easy. Nadia talked to relatives, spent many hours in archives and travelled to unknown places in Poland. However, she decided against an accurate retelling of the historical facts and instead chose to tell a fictionalized story of their experience. How to walk the narrow path between fact and fiction, telling a captivating story while staying true to the historical events and circumstances?
The answer to this question is Nadia’s “historical fiction” book as a great testament to her passion for history and a real proof that there are many different ways in which we can engage with the past!
On the occasion of EUSTORY's 20th anniversary, we share personal stories of people who were shaped by their experiences with EUSTORY. All these stories – told in pictures, videos, and short texts – demonstrate: history matters and even small steps can have a huge impact.
Wanna get to know EUSTORIANs from all over Europe and beyond?
⚡ Stay tuned and follow our EUSTORY Impact Stories to be published here in the upcoming weeks! ⚡
📸: Private
@neidschija
#displacement #ww2 #worldwar2 #historymatters #20yearsEUSTORY #EUSTORY #Switzerland #escape #history
Was my great-grandfather a Nazi? Did he really believe in this ideology? Do I need to – or can I – forgive him?
Opening the old cigar-box, finding photos of her great-grandfather dressed in a Wehrmacht uniform inside, raised some burdening questions for @kellybebendorf.
Finding out that her ancestors participated in the war and were actively involved in the Nazi regime made Kelly examine her personal relationship with her family and German history from a totally new perspective.
Read about her thoughts and her process of finding a way to deal with this family legacy in our latest blog post on the EUSTORY History Campus!
👉 Link in Bio!
#EUSTORY #HistoryCampus #Germany #ww2 #worldwar2 #legacy #remembrance #family
Looking back, thinking forward: The youth event “Europe 14|14” 2014 in Berlin left a deep impression on Julien, History Competition Prize Winner from @geschichtswettbewerb Germany.
To what extent does the First World War affect me, which role does it play for my national identity and for a modern, peaceful Europe? On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the beginning of World War I, 400 participants from 40 countries delved into the past and creatively reflected upon the past 100 years in Europe - in different workshops organised by @bpb_de, @koerberstiftung and #RobertBoschStiftung.
🎭: One of them was Julien. Looking back on war and peace in Europe since 1914, his workshop group brought young perspectives on stage. Engaging with history and transforming thoughts & experiences into a theatre performance led Julien understand the different perspectives of his European peers much better - he became aware of how much they all had in common.
🗯: His experiences reminded him of the slogan “For peace and international understanding”, displayed at his primary school. After his encounters and insights gained during “Europe 14|14”, the dusty saying from GDR times was suddenly filled with new life.
On the occasion of EUSTORY's 20th anniversary, we share personal stories of people who were shaped by their experiences with EUSTORY. All these stories – told in pictures, videos, and short texts – demonstrate: history matters and even small steps can have a huge impact.
Wanna get to know EUSTORIANs from all over Europe and beyond?
⚡️Stay tuned and follow our EUSTORY Impact Stories to be published here in the upcoming weeks! ⚡️
📸 1: Jan Konitzki/bpb
📸 2: Körber-Stiftung/David Ausserhofer
📸3: bpb
📸4: Körber-Stiftung/David Ausserhofer
📸 5: Jan Konitzki/bpb
📸 6: Private
#ww1 #historymatters #EUSTORY #20yearsEUSTORY #encounter #understanding #theatre #Europe #geschichtswettbewerb