IMAGINE - Active Remembrance Through Jewish Women’s Stories is a continuation of the HerStories-project. It was created with the belief that remembering personal stories of Jewish Holocaust survivors is a powerful way to promote knowledge about Jewish life but also the Holocaust. By exploring the biographies of 10 Jewish women who lived through the 20th century, Centropa seeks to make Jewish life meaningful and relatable for young Europeans. The project goal is to use this deeper understanding to support and raise awareness for the EU Strategy on combating antisemitism.
The project will produce a diverse range of outputs, including lesson plans, posters, and a series of explainer videos. These will be developed through university and school workshops, teacher training seminars, and commemorative events. Feel free to explore our events below!
Aiming to reach as diverse an audience as possible, this project is a collaborative effort involving key partners such as Centropa (Germany & Hungary), the Galicia Jewish Museum (Poland), the Center for Education Policy (Serbia), HERMES (Croatia), The International Commission (Lithuania), The University of Patras (Greece) and JewLif (Germany).
The IMAGINE project is generously supported by the European Union under the CERV-2024-CITIZENS-REM Call.
IMAGINE will be kickstarted by our event in Berlin from May 14th to 16th, 2025, involving all project partners. While commemorating the 80-year anniversary of the End of the Second World War, we plan to engage 50 youngsters from Germany, Poland, Ukraine and Moldova in active remembrance as well as a gender-balanced perspective on History.
We will organize two-day University Students Workshops in each of the project countries (Germany, Lithuania, Croatia, Serbia, Hungary, Poland, and Greece). While the dates have not been set yet, we are beyond excited for the valuable exchanges and project outputs (lesson plans & posters) that will result from the students’ efforts.
We will organize one-day School Students Workshops in each of the project countries (Germany, Lithuania, Croatia, Serbia, Hungary, Poland, and Greece). These workshops will focus on local forms of remembrance, all whilst stressing the connection between Jewish womens’ stories and history on a broader level.
At Centropa, we think it’s critical to equip teachers with knowledge and tools for conveying ethical reflection, the importance of remembrance, and collaborative learning. This is why IMAGINE includes two transnational teacher training seminars, to be held in Krakow in Belgrade. More information on applications following soon!
This series of online webinars, to be held separately in each project country, aims to create short animated explainer videos on local aspects of Holocaust History and commemoration practices. We will be seeing the videos at our joint transnational online conference, but rest assured that they will be available for the broader public online as well!
We are happy to announce that IMAGINE includes commemoration events in each of the project countries. We will promote local Jewish history through walking tours, public film screenings as well as poster exhibitions created as a result of our University Students Workshops (mentioned above).
