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Russian Award Ceremony | Photo: Alexander Voronov
Russian Award Ceremony | Photo: Alexander Voronov

15th Anniversary of the Russian Competition

This year, the Russian EUSTORY competition celebrates its 15th anniversary. Since the MEMORIAL Society Moscow announced the first Russian competition for high-school students in March 1999, more than 36,000 young people from all over Russia have handed in research papers regarding the topic “Man in History - Russia in the 20th Century”.

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Courtyard of the 1944 massacre in Palazaccio, Tuscany | Photo: Ulrich Waller
Courtyard of the 1944 massacre in Palazaccio, Tuscany | Photo: Ulrich Waller

EUSTORY History Camp "Tuscany 1944 / 2014"

"Tuscany 1944 / 2014: War Crimes of the German Army and SS in Family Remembrance and in German-Italian Culture of Memory" is the topic of the EUSTORY History Camp that began today.

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Tel Aviv/Jaffa | Photo: Körber Foundation
Tel Aviv/Jaffa | Photo: Körber Foundation

The First Israeli Award Ceremony

More than sixty prizewinners, representatives of the Ministry of Education, scientists and guest were present at the first award ceremony of the Israeli History Competition at the Zalman Shazar Centre for Jewish History in Jerusalem on 26 June 2014. The topic of the first history competition was "Attitudes toward the Other as Reflected in History."

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Slovak Award Ceremony | Photo: Erika Mácsayová
Slovak Award Ceremony | Photo: Erika Mácsayová

Slovak Award Ceremony 2014

The award ceremony of Slovakia’s EUSTORY competition took place in the Polish Institute in Bratislava on 24 June 2014. The awards were presented to the winners by Dr. h.c. Anton Srholec, the patron of this year’s round. All participants got diplomas and books from the sponsor, the Nation's Memory Institute.

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History Camps Brochure
History Camps Brochure

EUSTORY History Camps in 2014

If you are a prize winner from your national history competition 2013/2014 you can apply for our EUSTORY History Camps (formerly Youth Academies), where you come face to face with varied interpretations of history.

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President of Latvia Andris Bērziņš with finalists and their teachers | Photo: Toms Kalniņš
President of Latvia Andris Bērziņš with finalists and their teachers | Photo: Toms Kalniņš

Latvian President Awards Prize Winners in Riga

“Hopefully I’m speaking here in front of many future history teachers,” Latvian President Andris Bērziņš concluded his speech during the award ceremony of the Latvian EUSTORY Competition in Riga on May, 24th. It was the second opportunity that President Bērziņš used to underline the importance of history and a European perspective on the past for his home country after his speech in connection with the reception for the EUSTORY Network during the Annual Network Meeting in Riga in 2013.

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Finnish Award Winners | Photo: Kirsi Ruhanen
Finnish Award Winners | Photo: Kirsi Ruhanen

Finnish Award Ceremony 2014

On 23 May, prize winners, teachers, jury members and funders gathered in the Old Student House of the University of Helsinki to celebrate the results of the 2013/14 history competition. The topic of the Finnish competition in 2013-2014 was "Two Stories". The prizes were given to students in both upper and lower secondary level.

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HistoryCampus in Berlin | Photo: David Ausserhofer
HistoryCampus in Berlin | Photo: David Ausserhofer

HistoryCampus in Berlin was a Success

„Look back, think forward“ was the motto of the HistoryCampus in Berlin. On the occasion of the centenary of World War One, about 90 EUSTORY alumni were among the 400 young people from more than 40 countries in Europe and North Africa who attended the event from 7-11 May, 2014.

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EUSTORY Annual Network Meeting 2014 | Photo: David Ausserhofer
EUSTORY Annual Network Meeting 2014 | Photo: David Ausserhofer

EUSTORY Annual Network Meeting 2014

From 8 -11 May 2014 the organisers of national history competitions from twenty-two countries as well as external guests gathered in Berlin for the EUSTORY Annual Network Meeting in order to discuss about ways of “Remembering, teaching and commemorating European history in 2014”.

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