Here you can see our already implemented projects
The project «Zwischenland» («Interspace land») took place in the seminar house in Bredbeck, Germany for the first time in July 2015 and attracted a group of about 25 participants from Poland, Germany and Ukraine. The topic of this international study week was remembrance of National Socialism and Second World War in Germany, Poland and in Ukraine, with a special focus on forced labor. The participants were working with guided tours, discussions, films and with original biographies of survivors. The financial support was provided by DPJW.
Zeitsprünge - trinational summer history and youth meeting in Bredbeck near Bremen, Germany, summer 2016, participants from Germany, Poland an Ukraine
We were reflect on remembrance processes of National Socialism and Second World War in Germany, Poland and Ukraine and how they were represented in (our) families and societies. We were also deal with current history of Ukraine and selected topics from Germany and Poland. We learned how the area where we were spending a week together was influenced and changed by the forced labor of thousands of victims from all over Europe.
The new remembrance site of the former submarine Bunker Valentin (after its re-inauguration in 2015 - http://www.denkort-bunkervalentin.de/fussbereich/englisch.html) is an interesting example of how we can face history from a today’s perspective. We visited the site around the little educational institution Baracke Wilhelmine introducing the former “camp landscape”: prisoners of war, forced labor and a satellite camp that belonged to the biggest concentration camp in Northern Germany: “Neuengamme”, near Hamburg. We worked and engage with guided tours, discussions, small group activities, tracing and mapping history by bike and on foot in the rural area and in Bremen.
We were speaking about our world’s big challenges, like war and migration, the lack of tolerance and how we want to create a better future world.
Team Up project in 2016! This exchange program was developed for young people, who have made positive experiences with international youth-exchanges and are interested to team in international youth-programs. We focus on the specific challenges and chances to be found in German-Polish-Ukrainian youth exchange programs. Part of the program were:- Methods and games for international youth exchange- DOs and DON‘Ts when leading groups- Role and responsibilities of a team leader- Goals and methods of cultural education in theory and practice- Goals and methods of political education in theory and practice- How to deal with (cultural) diversity- The dynamics of group work and how to deal with conflicts - Quickstart to project management.
The financial support was provided by DPJW.
The project “Time signals” youth meeting in Germany, summer 2017
Participants from Poland Germany and Ukraine were reflect on remembrance processes of National Socialism and Second World War in Germany, Poland and Ukraine and how they are represented in their families and societies. We were also deal with current history of Ukraine and selected topics from Germany and Poland.
Participants visited the „Denkort Bunker Valentin“
The new remembrance site of the former submarine Bunker Valentin (www.denkort-bunkervalentin.de) as an interesting example of how we can face history from a today’s perspective. Reflection was about remembrance processes in our societies and have a deeper look on structures and responsibilities. Thought the creative methods we connected history to present days questions.
Project Tackling discrimination.
youth exchange meetings in Germany and Ukraine
2 meetings of German-Ukrainian youth exchange took place in October 2017 Germany and in May 2018, Kyiv.
Participants had workshops and discovered the queer history of Bremen, Kyiv and have visited human rights activist organizations.
They made a creative magazine about discrimination in Europe.
We are committed to diversity and inclusion within our projects, and encourages female and male candidates from all national, religious and ethnic backgrounds, to apply to become a part of our organization.