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New Project Website: Header | Photo: Körber-Stiftung
New Project Website: Header | Photo: Körber-Stiftung

All at a Glance: EUSTORY Hosts New Project Website

New website provides easy access to best practise and insights into project activities of the cooperation project “History Competitions in Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine (2017 – 2022)” by DVV International and Körber-Stiftung.

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MEMORIAL International
MEMORIAL International

Support for MEMORIAL International

Even after the forced dissolution of MEMORIAL International, Körber-Stiftung and EUSTORY continue to stand by their partner organisation as well as its concern to promote an open approach to Russian and European history.

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Israeli President Isaac Herzog with Israeli prize winners and their tutors | Photo: The Historical Society of Israel
Israeli President Isaac Herzog with Israeli prize winners and their tutors | Photo: The Historical Society of Israel

Israeli President Isaac Herzog Meets Prize Winners

On 27 December 2021, the President of the State of Israel Isaac Herzog met with the prize winners of the Israeli History Competition 2021. The students who received their prizes during a large ceremony organised by The Historical Society of Israel submitted historical research projects on a topic of their choosing.

Announcement 2021/2022

Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier (right) in conversation with this year's prize winners | Photo: David Ausserhofer
Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier (right) in conversation with this year's prize winners | Photo: David Ausserhofer

German Federal President Steinmeier Awards Prize Winners

On 16 November 2021, German Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier honoured this year’s first prize winners of the German History Competition in his official residence Bellevue Palace in Berlin. The topic of the competition was “Times in Motion: Sports and Society" which encouraged over 3,400 young people nationwide to send in 1,349 entries.

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Exhibits from the MEMORIAL archive | Photo: Natalia Kataeva
Exhibits from the MEMORIAL archive | Photo: Natalia Kataeva

EUSTORY is Deeply Concerned About Russian Authorities’ Latest Legal Initiative to Shut Down MEMORIAL International

There has been a further escalation in the fight of Russian authorities against the country’s civil society: On 11 November, the International MEMORIAL Society in Moscow has received a court summons that aims at the organisation’s liquidation under the “foreign agents” act. MEMORIAL is one of the founding members of EUSTORY and thus a long-standing partner of both the networks and Körber-Stiftung.

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Finalists of the 2020/2021 Czech History Competition | Photo: Körber-Stiftung
Finalists of the 2020/2021 Czech History Competition | Photo: Körber-Stiftung

New Format of Czech Award Ceremony Provides Suspense

For the first time in the history of the Czech History Competition, the three main prize winners were selected during the actual award ceremony. On 22 October 2021, 10 finalists of the competition’s first round gathered at PANT Centrum in Ostrava to present their works.

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Iberian prize winners, competition organisers and jury members 2020/2021 | Photo: Juan Jesús (Centro Imagen)
Iberian prize winners, competition organisers and jury members 2020/2021 | Photo: Juan Jesús (Centro Imagen)

Iberian Award Ceremony 2021

One hundred sixty participants from Spain and Portugal, as well as from Peru, Chile, Colombia, Cuba and Guatemala handed in 48 contributions revolving around the topic “Work and Crisis” to the 14th Iberian History Competition. Forming an integral part of the Real Maestranza de Caballería de Ronda’s Awards and Scholarships Ceremony, the prize winners were awarded on 15 October 2021.

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