iMemory
About iMemory
iMemory is a transnational educational project that builds on the foundations of the MemoryLanes project, with a renewed focus on the Jewish present in Europe. Launched to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, the project invites young people from Germany, Poland, Serbia, Croatia, and Ukraine to explore and reflect on Jewish history and its relevance today. Through innovative teaching formats, youth exchanges, and creative outputs, iMemory addresses current issues such as antisemitism, prejudice, and cultural remembrance, while fostering a more inclusive and diverse Europe.
Partners
The project is a collaborative effort involving key partners such as Centropa (Germany), the Galicia Jewish Museum (Poland), the Center for Education Policy (Serbia), HERMES (Croatia), and Gedankendach (Ukraine).
Target Group
We have 70 participants from Poland, Germany, Croatia, Serbia and Ukraine, aged 14 to 18.
Upcoming Events
Workshops and Exchanges
A series of online and in-person workshops are held including a bilateral meeting in Zagreb and a trilateral meeting in Warsaw during the summer and autumn of 2025. Three local workshops will also take place in each participating country from January to September 2025.
Closing Conference in Kraków (November 2025)
A final gathering where participants will showcase their projects and reflect on their experiences.
Past Events
Kickoff Conference in Berlin (December 6-8, 2024)
From December 6-8, 2024 Berlin became a hub of history, reflection, and collaboration as young people from Germany, Poland, Serbia, Croatia, and Ukraine came together for the launch of the iMemory Project. The event marked the start of a one year journey, exploring Jewish history and its relevance to the European youth today.
Participants took part into discussions on remembrance, liberation, and cultural memory, forming connections with other participants that will fuel their projects in the months ahead.
Citywide Scavenger Hunt: Transnational teams explored Berlin’s sites, from the Reichstag to the Holocaust Memorial, reflecting on the history behind these spaces and capturing their thoughts for social media.
Tandem Interviews: From videos at memorials to interactive tandem interviews and group work, participants began creating content for the iMemory, ensuring Jewish history is preserved in innovative ways.
Trilateral meeting in Warsaw
From June 6–8, 44 young people (aged 15-19) and educators from Poland, Ukraine, and Germany came together in Warsaw for the iMemory Trilateral Meeting, a weekend of remembrance and shared learning.
The seminar explored Jewish history and Holocaust memory in Warsaw, through guided tours, workshops, and personal stories including the story of Anna Lanota, a Jewish partisan from Poland featured in a Centropa film and our archive.
Participants visited the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews, took part in an artistic workshop led by Mariya Ahisyan, and followed in the footsteps of Warsaw’s Jewish past during a walking tour of the city.
We are inspired by the energy, empathy, and creativity of all the young people involved bring to the topic of remembrance and look forward to the next steps in the iMemory project! 🕊️
The event was hosted in cooperation with our project partners Gedankendach (Ukraine) and Galicia Jewish Museum (Poland), and made possible by generous support from our funders the EVZ as well as the Polish Teachers' Union (Związek Nauczycielstwa Polskiego, ZNP) allowed us their conference room for free.
Binational meeting in Zagreb
From September 12–14, 32 young people (aged 15-18) and educators from Croatia and Serbia came together in Zagreb for the iMemory Binational Meeting, a weekend of remembrance and shared learning.
The seminar explored Jewish history and Holocaust memory in Zagreb, through guided tours, workshops, and personal stories including the story of Lea Deutsch, a Jewish-Croatian child actress murdered during the Holocaust as well as the stories of Rifka and Elvira, two teenagers whose stories of the War in Croatia are featured in our archive.
Participants also worked on their own projects: retracing Lea Deutsch's steps in Zagreb and participated in a workshop on teamwork, communication styles and project participation.
Project outputs
Participants in iMemory are actively involved in creating meaningful and lasting contributions to Jewish remembrance.
Key project outputs include:
Augmented Reality (AR) App Content: Participants are researching and conducting interviews with descendants of Holocaust survivors as well as in pairs / groups (Tandem-Interviews), creating digital remembrance projects that will be integrated into the MemoryLanes AR app. This will provide an immersive way to explore Jewish history across Europe.
Artistic Contributions: Through an international competition, we selected the best proposal of university students who are creating 8 new artistic projects that make Jewish places of remembrance visible. These contributions will also be featured in the AR app.
Social Media Engagement: Participants are sharing experiences and projects through social media, creating posts on platforms such as Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok to reach a broader audience and raise awareness of Jewish history and contemporary life.
Funding
iMemory is generously funded by the Foundation "Remembrance, Responsibility, and Future" (EVZ), an organization dedicated to supporting projects that promote remembrance and human rights.
