Diversity, memory, history – training multipliers for a heterogeneous society

In the last two years, debates about the situation of people who have experienced flight and right-wing populist movements in Europe have made it increasingly clear that remembrance of National Socialism must also face new challenges. For this reason, the Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial, the Dachau Forum, the Network Racism and Discrimination-Free Bavaria and the Max Mannheimer Study Centre are currently developing a new training concept for tour guides.

In the project entitled “Diversity, remembrance, history – training multipliers for a heterogeneous society”, concepts for tours and study programmes that meet the specific challenges of historical-political education in an immigration society will be jointly developed from November 2017 in a course consisting of people with and without a migration biography. We believe that a contemporary culture of remembrance can be created by involving as many people as possible in the communication of history. The participation of as many different people as possible in shaping this culture of remembrance, e.g. through tours of memorial sites, is a central goal for us in shaping contemporary historical-political education.

The aim is to integrate the diverse experiences that people have in the world of our immigration society into the education programme so that the memory of National Socialism can be passed on from as many different perspectives as possible. People with and without a migration biography, with and without a high school education, should participate in creating a multifaceted approach to the history of National Socialism at the Dachau learning centre.

The project is funded by the Foundation “Remembrance, Responsibility and Future (EVZ)”.

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