This year's international youth exchange Worcation, which has been taking place in the European City of Görlitz-Zgorzelec for 13 years with participation of young people from many European countries, was transferred to the online world and took place from 25 July to 7 August. The programme...
Giuseppe Gonneli was born on 01.03.1924 in Siena, Italy. While we know nothing about his youth, we can safely say that he was called up on 19 May 1943. A few months later, on 09 September 1943, he was captured by the Germans in Albano...
We are happy to announce that, together with seven organisations from Albania, Spain, Croatia, Slovakia, Bulgaria and Italy, we are a partner in the 'Qualcosa in Comune' project, organised by the Italian association Associazione InCo - Molfetta within the Erasmus+ programme. The project includes a...
Lucien Hougardy was born on 13.02.1912. While we know nothing about his childhood, we do know some things about his captivity: he was drafted in 1939 at the beginning of the war, as part of the TTR (Troops of Radio Transmission). In 1940 he was...
Due to a film shooting the European Centre Memory, Education, Culture will remain closed from 27th to 30th of August 2020. ...
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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_single_image image="14178" img_size="full" qode_css_animation=""][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and unpredictable developments we decided to postpone the Worcation 2020. Everyone’s safety is our main priority. The new date is already set - the...
Renato Gargano Italian Military Internee Born in San Giorgio a Cremano (Naples) on 16.01.1923. Died in Naples on 28.01.2002. He carries out his obligatory military service in Marina in Venice. Here on 8 September 1943 he is captured by the german troops and he is conducted to Thorn in Poland....
Harold Thompson BROOK – 2 NZEF, 33rd Battery, Gunner 61316, Unit: Artillery Reinfs August 3rd,1919 (Kaitangata, New Zealand) – 27 Jan, 1945 (Stalag VIIIA Gorlitz,Germany) [caption id="attachment_14498" align="alignleft" width="960"] H. T. Brook, Cairo 1941[/caption] Harold Thompson BROOK was born in Kaitangata , a small mining town south of...
Jane Symmes aus Neuseeland besucht die Gedenkstätte Stalag VIII A als Endpunkt ihrer Reise auf den Spuren ihres Vaters Sergeant Eric George Williams. Sergeant Eric George Williams Royal Regiment of Artillery : Army Number - 905524 : Prisoner ID - 81233 Eric was a British soldier who...
What did forced labour mean during the times of National Socialism? Where did the men and women forced to work come from? How many of them where there? Where were the factories they had to work in located and where were they accommodated? During World War...