HISTORY.

IN THE PRESENT.

IN THE FUTURE.

International Encounters at historic sites of National Socialism

3rd – 5th MARCH 2016

Förderung durch den Bayerischen Jugendring im Rahmen der Bayerisch-Israelischen Bildungskooperation

Memorials of and Documentation Centers on the National Socialists era are places of commemoration of the past and reflection on the present. They open up spaces for scientific research, museological documentation and encounters of people who come here for various reasons. Visitors of the resident museums convene here as do historians, pedagogues and members of other professions, who look for a specialist exchange of ideas. Thus, the Flossenbürg Concentration Camp Memorial is a platform on which people from different

nations meet. And it is an institution which wants to support an exchange actively, especially the exchange between young people within a transnational framework. The intention to initiate programmes of international encounter is connected with specific questions: What objectives are pursued by these projects? Are we able to name aspects of NS History which are more suitable for these formats than others? How could the programme be adjusted with respect to bi-, tri- or multinationally constituted groups of different ages? What methodical approaches should be favoured for the work with participants from different nations? Concerning these questions, the year 2015 was in certain regards a pilot phase for the international place of learning Flossenbürg. In the context of several projects, trusted and new approaches and methods respectively were developed (further) and tested: Workshop Week: “Creating forms. Experiencing history and building Memories” In July 2015, adolescents and young adults were invited to discover the historic site together. During five days the participants approached history and had the opportunity to seek an exchange of personal perspectives. Two artistic and creative workshops were at the focal point  a workshop “Dance” and a workshop “Photography”. In this way the cognitive appraisal of the topic was joined by an emotional approach to the site, biographies and historic events. International Fan-Exchange Adolescent football fans from the Czech town of Liberec and the German town of Augsburg participated in this three-day project in September 2015. Thus, a particular peer group, which is connected by its common interest in football and is often confronted with right-wing extremist or

neo-Nazi movements in their scenes, met in Flossenbürg. Together with the Fanprojekt Augsburg the Memorial developed a programme for this format, which contains both the engagement in the history of the concentration camp and its aftermath as well as the opportunity for an exchange of views on activities within the scene.

International Youth Meeting Like in other historic sites, multinational youth meetings have a long tradition at the Flossenbürg Concentration Camp Memorial. Such a youth meeting also took place in 2015 in parallel to the annual Survivors Meeting. Under the specific conditions of the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Flossenbürg Concentration Camp on 23rd April adolescents from seven nations met former prisoners. The core issues of their one week stay were to learn about the historic site and the transnational encounter in the course of common leisure activities. At the end of a pilot phase there must be an appraisal of the conducted projects. We would like to undertake this concluding overall evaluation together with participants of the programmes and other experts from Germany and abroad. The conference, however, widens perspectives beyond the projects. It provides space for different protagonists to present other concepts and wants to encourage all participants to a forward-

looking reflection of trusted and new approaches to historic-political education.

PROGRAMME Thursday, 3rd March 2016 14:30

Offer: Guided tour of the Memorial grounds

until 17:00

Arrival

17:30

„Culinary walk“ through the Educational Center of the Flossenbürg Concentration Camp Memorial

19:30

Welcome speeches

19:45

Impulses Historically motivated relationship building in German-Israeli encounters – For the future of bilateral relatedness Christine Mähler, Director ConAct Coordination Center for GermanIsraeli Youth Exchange

A company’s responsibility. International exchange programmes of VW AG in Auschwitz Dr Manfred Grieger, Historian, Head of the Corporate History Department of Volkswagen AG

Short film „Broken Branches“ with subsequent discussion An animated documentary by Ayala Sharot 21:45

Transfer to Waldsassen

PROGRAMME Friday, 4th March 2016 9:00

Transfer to the Flossenbürg Concentration Camp Memorial

10:00

Panel I: International pilot projects at the Flossenbürg Concentration Camp Memorial Short lectures with subsequent panel discussion Alan Brooks, dancer, choreograph and dance pedagogue, Munich Anna Hörmann, Director Fanprojekt Augsburg Ortal Arbel, artist and member of the Tarbut Movement, Israel Tomáš Čarnogurský, FC Slovan Liberec, Czech Republic Ines Wollenteit, student, University of Regensburg

12:00

Lunch break

13:30

Panel II: Concentration Camp Memorials as platform for international encounters Short lecture with subsequent panel discussion Hanna Moreń-Skowrońska, teacher, Poland Andrea Avogaro, teacher, Italy Mariia Ilchuk, participant of international exchange programmes, Ukraine Nina Rabuza, Max Mannheimer Study Center, Dachau Katja Anders, Memorial and Museum Sachsenhausen

15:30

Coffee break

16:00

Panel III: Alternative approaches to places and topics of the National Socialist era Panel discussion Dr Katharina Fink, cultural educator and scientist, Academy of Advanced African Studies, Iwalewahaus, Bayreuth Remigio Gazzari, Curator ERLAUF ERINNERT, Austria Kathrin Krahl, Weiterdenken, Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung Saxony Dr Barbara Lubich, Zentralwerk Dresden Johanna Zechner, Curator ERLAUF ERINNERT, Austria

18:00

Dinner

19:30

Transfer to Waldsassen

PROGRAMME Saturday, 5th March 2016 9:00

Transfer to the Flossenbürg Concentration Camp Memorial

10:00

Panel IV: Critical examination of NS History from Central European and Eastern European perspectives Panel discussion Dr Anastasiia Cherednychenko, Historian, Ukrainian center for museum development Andrzej Kacorzyk, Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum Dr Nicolas Moll, independent historian, coordinator of the platform Memory Lab, Bosnia and Herzegovina

11:30

Coffee break

12:00

Concluding roundtable of commentators Dr Andreas Eberhardt, Executive Director, German-Israeli Future Forum Foundation, Berlin Yariv Lapid, Director Center for Humanistic Education, Ghetto Fighters‘ House Museum, Israel Magdalena Scharf, Action Reconciliation Service for Peace e.V., Berlin

13:00

Lunch break

from 14:00

Departure/shuttle bus service

Closing date

31st January 2016

Venue

Education Center Flossenbürg Concentration Camp Memorial Silberhüttenstraße 42 D-92696 Flossenbürg

Contact

Flossenbürg Concentration Camp Memorial Dr Franziska Schleupner Gedächtnisallee 5 D-92696 Flossenbürg Phone: +49 (0)9603 903 90 25 E-Mail: [email protected]

Accommodation

Gästehaus St. Joseph Basilikaplatz 2 95652 Waldsassen www.haus-sankt-joseph.de Hotel zum ehem. Königlich-Bayerischen Forsthaus Basilikaplatz 5 95652 Waldsassen www.koenigliches-forsthaus.de

Expenses

There is no participation fee. Expenses for accommodation, board and the use of the bus shuttle will be covered. Unless your journey is not considered as business trip, participants who arrive by car or train will receive a travel allowance at the venue.

Flossenbürg Concentration Camp Memorial Gedächtnisallee 5 D-92696 Flossenbürg http://www.gedenkstaette-flossenbuerg.de/en/home/