Four coordinators of EUSTORY history competitions from Germany, Russia, Poland and the Czech Republic were asked the same questions about World War II – and gave some very different answers.
On 6 May 2016, seven participants of the 17th Estonian EUSTORY History Competition were awarded for their works on the topic of »Estonian Cause«. The ceremony was held at the Ministry of Education and Research. Toomas Hendrik Ilves, President of the Republic of Estonia, stated: »We all became much wiser in the aspect of how diverse and rich our own Estonian cause is.«
On 1 December 2015, the Polish EUSTORY History Competition »Historia bliska« invited its prize winners to the Museum of Independence in Warsaw to receive their awards. To honour the students’ achievements, Fundacja Ośrodka KARTA (KARTA Center), the competition’s organiser, had invited experts from the field of historical research who praised the results.
On 17 November, German Federal President Joachim Gauck hosted the award ceremony of the 24th round of the German history competition in Bellevue Palace in Berlin, his official residence. The topic of the competition was "Being Different. Outsiders in History" and more than 5,000 young people sent in a total of 1,563 contributions.
Seventy years after the end of the Second World War we are faced with the declining number of eye witnesses of the events. Those who are still among us were children when they had to experience the atrocities of a world on the battlefields
On 3 October 2015, the award ceremony of the 8th Iberian History Competition was held at the Real Maestranza in Ronda (Málaga). Organised by the Portuguese Association of History Teachers and the Real Maestranza de Caballería, this year’s round had encouraged students from Spain, Portugal and all the countries of America to investigate the topic "America".
Fifty young Europeans presented their work results at the end of the Second Baltic Sea Youth Dialogue “Homeland reconsidered – new loyalties and redefined identities in Europe” in the Polish city of Olsztyn.
Participants of national EUSTORY History Competitions are asked to look at a given broad topic from a personal, specific angle. In the most recent competitions, a noticeable number of youths turned their attention to questions of dictatorship and oppression.
