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… remember, when remembrance had to go digital... (Online Workcamp)

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About the project

… remember, when remembrance had to go digital... (Online Workcamp)

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

During World War II, the Neuengamme Concentration Camp was expanded to become the central concentration camp in northwest Germany with more than 85 subcamps. As a result of the principle of extermination through labor pursued by the SS, nearly half of the total of about 100,000 prisoners deported from all over Europe died. Today, the Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial is a place of remembrance, information, education, and research. It is also the result of political disputes from the post-war period to the present. For decades, the site was home to two prisons, making most of the grounds inaccessible to the public. The first work camp in 1982 laid out the first trails and erected information boards.

💼 What the programme involves

The international online workcamp will explore the possibilities of digital commemoration. Due to the pandemic, the commemorations had to be moved to digital space. What does this mean for remembrance and the culture of remembrance? Is it merely a restriction or does it also offer opportunities for different, new forms of remembrance? Who does digital commemoration reach and who participates in it? Does it work equally for every commemoration? What kind of commemoration is currently emerging; how will we remember the Corona pandemic, for example? In order to answer these questions, the participants will go in search of forms of digital commemoration. Together they will develop a presentation of the results, write articles for newspapers and document the online camp in the form of a blog.

🏠 Accommodation on site

Accommodation is not required.

📍 About the location

Hamburg-Neuengamme

⚠️ Requirements

Interest in historical topics and initiatives. You will need a quiet place for the digital meetings, a stable internet connection, and a laptop or computer with a camera/microphone for the video conferences, as the exchange will take place online.

ℹ️ Additional information

The online camp will take place in blocks where participants will meet for 3 hours each. In between, participants will work on projects in smaller groups. The dates for the online meetings are: August 4 to24, 2021, including 9 joint meetings, each from 2-5 p.m. - 4.-5.8.2021 - 9.-13.8. 2021 - 23.-24.8. 2021 If you are interested but still have questions, please contact: [email protected]

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📅 Available sessions

DE-SCI 1.26

04/08/2021 → 24/08/2021

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ℹ️ Key information

Age required

18–99 years old

Solidarity donation

0.00

French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).

📍 Location

Germany

Germany

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)

🛡️ Before you leave

📞 Contact us

[email protected]

+32 2 888 67 13

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✅ Features

🏠 Accommodation

Collective

🗣️ Languages spoken

English German