Organisers
Foundation “Remembrance, Responsibility and Future”
The Foundation has a long-term mandate to support international projects that promote cooperation in a spirit of partnership between Germany and countries that suffered particular hardship under National Socialism. Support is primarily provided to projects in the following three focus areas: A critical examination of history, Working for democracy and human rights, Humanitarian commitment to the victims of National Socialism. In June 2007, the Foundation completed payments to former forced labourers. A total of EUR 4.37 billion was paid out to more than 1.66 million people in almost 100 countries.
The Foundation’s capital of DM 10.1 billion (EUR 5.2 billion) was made available in equal amounts by the German Industry Foundation Initiative and the German Federal Government
www.stiftung-evz.de
Nuremberg Human Rights Center
http://www.menschenrechte.org/
Partners:
Learning from history
The “Learning from history” association operates a website featuring a range of resources on the history of the 20th century with special emphasis on the Holocaust and National Socialism. The online service offers expert educational and methodological advice, documentation on selected projects, classroom materials and a weekly newsletter. Learning from history is co-organiser of the conference.
www.lernen-aus-der-geschichte.de
Documentation Center Nazi Rally Party Grounds
The Documentation Center is located on the site of the uncompleted Congress Hall of the former Nazi Party Rally Grounds to the south of Nuremberg. Originally, a monumental backdrop was to be constructed on this 11 sq km site for NSDAP party rallies. The National Socialists held their propaganda events here each year from 1933 to 1938. The permanent exhibition entitled “Fascination and Terror“ deals with the causes, relationships and consequences of National Socialist tyranny; special exhibitions shed light on individual issues. The affiliated Education Forum offers educational programmes for school classes as well as for youth and adult groups.
http://www.museen.nuernberg.de/english/english/index_e.html
Akademie Caritas-Pirckheimer-Haus
The Caritas-Pirckheimer-House is a catholic academy of the archbishopric/ archdiocese Bamberg and the Jesuit Order. Emerged from a youth education centre, the Academy still addresses young people as well as adults. A special focus is on the civic education in historical context. In numerous one-day and several days lasting seminars young people deal with the German history and the culture of rememberance. In conferences and professional conventions an interdiciplinary contribution is also made to the study of history. In addition to this focus, the Academy dedicates itself to the subject areas of theology/spirituality, interreligious and intercultural dialog as well as sociopolitical issues. Along with the Academy, the centre maintains a conference centre with 20 conference rooms and 100 places of accomodation.
www.cph-nuernberg.de
Youth Centre for Cultural and Political Education of the City of Nuremberg
The Youth Centre for Cultural and Political Education (Jugendzentrum für kulturelle und politische Bildung der Stadt Nürnberg) is a department of the Office for Culture and Recreation of the City of Nuremberg.
Focus areas of our work are:
• Human rights: Human rights education in, for example, the Documentation Centre Nazi Party Rally Grounds and in The Way of the Human Rights, seminars, etc.
• One-World-Work
• The “Experience Field for the Development of the Senses” with changing focus themes
• School-related offers: e.g., project days for school classes on ecological and social themes
