ACTIVITY REPORT 2012 REMEMBRANCE RESPONSIBILITY FUTURE ACTIVITY REPORT 2012 Table of Contents INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................................................................. 6 GREETING ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 8 THE FOUNDATION “REMEMBRANCE, RESPONSIBILITY AND FUTURE” (EVZ) ................................ 10 Activity Areas ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 12 What was funded .................................................................................................................................................................................... 14 PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION ........................................................................................................................................... 16 ACTIVITY AREA 1: A CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF HISTORY ........................................................................ 20 International Travelling Exhibition. “Forced Labour the Germans, the Forced Labourers and the War” ........................................................................................................................................... 22 Online-Project “With Stamp and Signature” .................................................................................................................... 24 International Conference “Preserving Survivors’ Memories.” ........................................................................... 26 Conference Series “Perspectives: Anti-Semitism in the Migration Society” ........................................... 28 Academic Study on the International Payments to Forced Labourers under National Socialism ...................................................................................................................... 30 Encounters with Eyewitnesses .................................................................................................................................................... 32 Hi(Stories) in Diversity ....................................................................................................................................................................... 34 History Workshop Europe ................................................................................................................................................................ 36 Leo Baeck Programme ......................................................................................................................................................................... 38 ACTIVITY AREA 2: WORKING FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ............................................................................................. 40 Publication “Strangers in their own Country” ................................................................................................................. 42 Symposium – Antiziganism moves into the Focus of Politicians ...................................................................... 44 Methods Manual on Antiziganism ............................................................................................................................................ 46 Report on Antiziganism ..................................................................................................................................................................... 47 Inauguration of the Memorial to the Sinti and Roma of Europe Murdered under National Socialism ..................................................................................................................... 48 Europeans for Peace .............................................................................................................................................................................. 50 International Youth Debate ............................................................................................................................................................. 54 Teaching Human Rights ..................................................................................................................................................................... 56 Forced Labour today ............................................................................................................................................................................. 58 Scholarships for Roma in Eastern Europe ............................................................................................................................ 60 Stop Hate Crime! ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 62 ACTIVITY AREA 3: COMMITMENT TO THE VICTIMS OF NATIONAL SOCIALISM ............................ 64 Press Trip in Ukraine ............................................................................................................................................................................ 66 New humanitarian Projects for elderly Victims of National Socialism in Russia .................................. 68 Dialogue Forum ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 70 Partnerships for Victims of National Socialism .............................................................................................................. 72 Donations for Victims of National Socialism ..................................................................................................................... 74 EVENTS ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 76 PUBLICATIONS ................................................................................................................................................................................ 96 FACTS AND FIGURES ............................................................................................................................................................... 102 Financial Report ................................................................................................................................................................................... 104 Board of Trustees of the Foundation EVZ ........................................................................................................................... 110 Board of Directors and Staff .......................................................................................................................................................... 114 Advisory Committees and Juries .............................................................................................................................................. 116 Partners ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 120 PUBLISHING DETAILS ............................................................................................................................................................. 122 This activity report contains so-called QR Codes that can be scanned with a smartphone. The codes lead to further information such as movies. TABLE OF CONTENTS ▪ 5 INTRODUCTION Dr Martin Salm (left) Günter Saathoff Dear readers and friends of the Foundation EVZ, Coffee, cake and war. This combination brings 15 Holocaust survivors together twice a week in Lod, to the east of Tel Aviv. They come from Russia and the Emirate of Bukhara. Their volunteer host is 77 years old and himself immigrated to Israel from Georgia at the beginning of the 1990s. In the “Warm Room” project, a simple idea produces great results. Social workers or volunteers offer a room in which victims of National Socialism can meet and share their memories. The fact that the elderly people can meet and talk, and that someone listens – we promote all this in our smallest projects. The impact of funding is immediately perceptible in the “Warm Rooms”. The men and women look forward to their coffee klatsch and break their silence about their former experiences of persecution. There are always handkerchiefs waiting next to the cups. Twelve of these micro projects were funded in 2012 in the activity area “Commitment to the victims of National Socialism”. In this way the Foundation EVZ aims to fund model projects which we hope will find multipliers in our partner countries. 6 ▪ INTRODUCTION Digitising, documents and eyewitness testimony. The Foundation EVZ also funds international con- ferences. One of these, “Preserving Survivors’ Memories. Digital Testimony Collections about Nazi Persecution. History, Education and Media” invited academics to explore the future significance of biographical interviews with victims of National Socialism. How are existing recordings secured for the digital future? How can these testimonies be used most effectively for educational work? How will the