Network Partners
As a part of the CPPD partner network, we provide you with regular updates on the work of the CPPD and invite you to network meetups. We plan joint activities with our network partners on the topic of pluralistic cultures of remembrance.
Are you also active within remembrance politics work and are interested in joining the partner network? Then write to us!
Here is a selection of our partners:
The Aktives Museum is not a museum in the traditional sense. Rather, it is an open forum and workshop for anyone interested in dealing with the history of Nazism, the social conditions which fostered it and the repercussions it continues to have today. It enables such inquiry to be channeled into a range of formats, such as exhibitions, publications, talks and commemorative events.
Website: www.aktives-museum.de
The Archiv der Jugendkulturen is a memory of the scenes, from science fiction, gothic and graffiti to punk, riot grrrl and techno. Our archive is a non-profit-organisation in Berlin that has been collecting documents and ephemera of youth-, pop-, and subcultural scenes since 1997. State institutions barely collect these histories of resistance which makes self-organized archives like ours unique. We are convinced that these scenes are an important part of cultural and social history and that their relics should be permanently preserved. Over the years we have become an important place for people from youth and subcultures as well as activists, researchers, academics, historians and political educators and the interest for our unique collection continues to grow.
Website: www.jugendkulturen.de
BARE means ‘big’ or ‘proud’ in Romani and stands for Berlin Alliance against Antiziganism and for Roma* Empowerment.
BARE is an alliance of Berlin Roma* and non-Roma* as well as organisations from the fields of education, culture, political and social work that fight against racism against Roma* and Sinti* as well as for empowerment.
BARE works for a fundamental and sustainable improvement of the situation of Roma* and Sinti* in Berlin and the equal participation of all people.
Website: www.bare.berlin
Since 2014, BERLIN GEGEN NAZIS has been keeping people in Berlin up to date on creative ways of getting involved in the protest against right-wing extremism, racism, and anti-Semitism.
BERLIN GEGEN NAZIS is a platform mobilizing and informing a continuously growing network of more than sixty partners from the full spectrum of contemporary arts, culture, economics, sports, children’s and youth services, unions, non-profits, and charities, self-organized migrant’s initiatives and their protagonists and alliances. BERLIN GEGEN NAZIS provides hands-on support with developing creative campaigns for successful protest events and helps with suggestions on how to make taking a stance against extremism, racism, and anti-Semitism an everyday reality.
Website: www.berlin-gegen-nazis.de
The BildungsBausteine association offers workshops, one-day projects, seminars, training and further education on anti-Semitism, racism and other forms of inequality.
BildungsBausteine develops innovative concepts, methods and materials for educational work that is critical of anti-Semitism and racism, carries out larger and smaller projects together with partners, organises educational and specialist events for different target groups and acts in an advising function.
Website: www.bildungsbausteine.org
The pilot project Dekoloniale Erinnerungskultur in der Stadt takes up the increasingly loud calls for a consistent change of perspective in the post-colonial culture of remembrance and uses Berlin as an example to test how a metropolis, its space, its institutions and its society can be examined on a broad scale for (post-) colonial effects, how the invisible can be made tangible and the visible can be irritated. Dekoloniale Erinnerungskultur in der Stadt is a joint project of Berlin Postkolonial e.V., Each One Teach One – EOTO e.V., Initiative Schwarze Menschen in Deutschland – ISD-Bund e.V. and the Stiftung Stadtmuseum Berlin.
Website: www.dekoloniale.de
Educat Kollektiv is a collective of educational counsellors who offer diversity-conscious and power-critical educational formats. The aim of our educational work is to contribute to a low-hierarchy society in which a self-determined and free life is possible for all. Our educational formats are a combination of anti-discrimination work, remembrance and experiential education.
https://www.educat-kollektiv.org/
Сultures of remembrance is one of our projects that aims to critically examine how the Second World War, National Socialism and the fight against it are remembered in different regions of Europe and to develop alternative concepts for remembrance work. We organise educational trips and have published a multimedia website and organised an exhibition that deals with the various narratives and issues surrounding the remembrance of the Second World War.
https://cultures-of-remembrance.com/en/
The Forum der Kulturen Stuttgart e. V. was founded in 1998 as an umbrella organisation for migrant associations and intercultural institutions in Stuttgart, initially by 16 associations. It now has around 140 member associations and is a permanent point of contact for over 300 (post-)migrant organisations and initiatives active in the wider Stuttgart area.
With its activities, the forum is primarily committed to intercultural dialogue, cultural diversity and the equal participation of an increasingly migrant population in the Stuttgart region, but also state and nationwide. With its innovative concepts for the promotion of migrant associations, the forum has become a nationwide role model. Through numerous intercultural events in areas such as theatre, literature and music, as well as its own monthly intercultural magazine IN MAGAZIN, the Forum der Kulturen makes the diversity of Stuttgart society visible. Together with its members and partners and through various projects, it has been working for over 20 years to promote social cohesion, participation and the intercultural opening of institutions, offices and associations, while at the same time combating exclusion, prejudice, racism and discrimination.
Website: www.forum-der-kulturen.de
The Information and Documentation Centre for Anti-Racism Work e. V. (IDA) was founded in 1990 on the initiative of a number of democratic youth organisations in the Federal Republic of Germany. It functions as a service centre to provide information, maintain documentation and offer advice and training on the themes of (counteracting) racism, right-wing extremism, anti-Semitism, anti-racist and intercultural openness, diversity, fighting discrimination and migration in society. 30 associations are currently members of the IDA.
Website: www.idaev.de
The Competence Network formed an educational and counseling institution focusing on anti-Black racism (ABR), empowerment and discrimination prevention.
As part of the federal program “Demokratie Leben!”, Each One Teach One (EOTO) e.V. and the Initiative Schwarze Menschen in Deutschland (ISD) e.V. formed a competence network on anti-Black racism of and for People of African Descent (PAD) until the end of 2024.
Using a variety of educational methods, KomPAD aimed to raise awareness of, educate about, and counteract anti-Black racism in Germany. As a nationwide institution, the network supported a commitment to democracy and diversity building. In addition to that, the KomPAD was active in educational work, specialized counseling, anti-discrimination counseling, networking, political campaigns and political advocacy work.
Website: www.kompad.de/en/
korientation is a network for Asian-German perspectives with a socio-critical view of culture, media and politics. Asian-German refers to the thematic and political positioning of the organisation and its members and is not an ascription of ethnic identity. The aim is to make diverse realities of life in Germany conscious and visible and thus counteract racism.
Website: www.korientation.de
The series of racist murders committed by the ‘National Socialist Underground’ (NSU) marks a turning point in the history of the Federal Republic of Germany. The NSU’s crimes, its network and the role of the authorities are far from being solved, even after the end of the NSU criminal trial in Munich.
NSU-Watch is organised by an alliance of around a dozen anti-fascist and anti-racist groups and individuals from all over Germany who have been working on the issue for over a decade.
Website: www.nsu-watch.info/en/
The scientific practice project PEPiKUm (Partizipative Erinnerungspädagogik in Koblenz und Umgebung) is based at the Institut für sozialwissenschaftliche Forschung und Weiterbildung (IFW) at Koblenz University of Applied Sciences and is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). In co-operation with teenagers and young adults, the project researches forms of remembrance and remembrance work in Koblenz and the surrounding area.
Website: www.partizipativ-erinnern.de
Lernort Geschichte is an institution of the Stuttgarter Jugendhaus Gesellschaft and offers programmes in the field of remembrance culture and democracy education for children, teenagers and young adults. This includes guided tours, workshops, games, digital offers, projects and events that we organise together with our team. The network consists of our youth guides, the StJG, schools and various stakeholders and institutions with a focus on Stuttgart.
Website: www.lernortgeschichte.de
WERTansich(t) is an interdisciplinary company specialising in democratic coaching, diversity-sensitive and intercultural workshops, facilitation, youth participation, awareness training, communication, attitude and values coaching. We empower participants to deal with racism, anti-Semitism, antiziganism and ableism. We further develop formats, methods and activities by combining the different worlds of experience of the trainers.
The Garnisonkirche Potsdam (Garrison Church) was an important symbolic building for over 200 years and is now to be rebuilt – in part or in its entirety. In the ambivalent history of Prussia, it represents its problematic side: it does not stand for enlightenment, emancipation and liberality, but for dynasty and obedience; it does not stand for the rule of law and the separation of powers, but for expansionism and the claim to power; it does not stand for education and science, but for the military and the state church; it does not stand for the democratic Free State of Prussia in the Weimar era, but for the anti-democratic forces of the German Reich.
The Lernort Garnisonkirche aims to shed light on the history of the site of the former Garrison Church in Potsdam and is initiating research into blind spots. It aims to provide information about the often concealed and suppressed dimensions of this church.
https://lernort-garnisonkirche.de/category/english/
The overarching aim of the Shalom und Salam project is to reduce anti-Semitism and anti-Muslim racism in our society. To this end, young people with different biographies are brought together and empowered to recognise these specific forms of group-based misanthropy and take a stand against them through a variety of encounters and educational opportunities. The centrepiece of the project is the ambassador training, a platform for young Jewish, Muslim and interested adults to meet, experience and learn together.
Website: www.schalomundsalam.de
Instagram: @schalomundsalam
The Yad be Yad (‘Hand in Hand’ in Arabic and Hebrew) project creates meeting spaces and educational programmes for Jewish and Muslim young people, as well as for young people with a history of migration and flight and other interested parties. The participants are empowered to sensitise pupils and interested groups to anti-Semitism, racism and other forms of group-based misanthropy through workshops. To this end, they are trained as team leaders through qualifications and further training modules.
The assignments take place in tandems (‘hand in hand’). In this way, the teamers aim to reduce reservations and counteract the dehumanisation of the other side.
Webseite: https://www.kubusev.org/projekte/yad-be-yad/
Instagram: @yadbe_yad
deSta offers alternative guided tours in Berlin. ‘Change the future, walk the past.’ is our mission. Learn more about Germany’s role in colonialism. Our aim is to expose and dismantle racism and colonial continuities through educational work. We offer two-hour guided tours for individuals at fixed times at weekends and at individually arranged times for private groups in the African Quarter and Humboldt Forum on a weekly basis.
Website: www.dekolonialestadtfuehrung.de/en/
Hidden beneath Yppenplatz on Vienna’s Brunnenmarkt is a 500 square metre bunker from the Second World War, and the Initiative Bunker 16 – Erinnern in Zukunft is planning to make this historic and forgotten site accessible to the public: The aim is to create an open meeting space that invites people to engage with experiences of violence and the topics of war and peace in a transcultural way.
Nicole Schweiß is a teacher of education, German and art at a grammar school in Cologne. In 2021, she completed further training as a multiplier in anti-Semitism-critical educational work. In her podcast ‘Kleine Pause – Begegnungen in der Teeküche’, she takes a diversity-sensitive, anti-discrimination and multi-perspective look at the German school system. To this end, she talks to various guests and tries to build bridges between social discourse, theory and practice.
Our work focuses, among other things, on educating the dominant part of society about our history, making racism against Sinti* and Roma* visible and memorial work. We also campaign for the rights and concerns of Sinti* and Roma* in Schleswig-Holstein.
is a transcultural Roma self-organisation and interactive platform with the aim of bringing the complex problems of antiziganism to the stage, screen and into the ether – but above all into the minds of society. Our focus is on film and art festivals, cultural and political education work for young people and adults, creative theatre and film projects, summer schools, seminars against antiziganism and cultural events with meaning.
andersartig gedenken on stage is a nationwide theatre competition on biographies of victims of Nazi ‘euthanasia’ crimes. We invite school and youth theatre and inclusive adult theatre to tell the life stories of victims on stage and thus save them from being forgotten.
By confronting the crimes committed by the Nazis against people with disabilities, we want to encourage reflection on how people with and without disabilities live together today. The competition takes place every three years.
Euro-Mediterranean Resources Network (EuroMernet) is a non-profit charity since 2001, based in Brighton, UK. Led entirely by volunteers, EuroMernet uses the power of arts, literature and cultural heritage tools through nonviolent communication techniques in promotion of peaceful coexistence and dynamic, pluralistic dialogue, as well as in developing counter and alternative narratives against hate speech and violent narratives.
Instagram: @euromernet
Since 1995, the Internet magazine haGalil has been committed to the authentic portrayal of Jewish life. This includes different religious orientations and Jewish culture as well as serious fact-checking on Israel. haGalil aims to provide massive education against anti-Semitic propaganda from the right and left.
Its founder David Gall s.A. saw the then new medium of the Internet as the ideal space for encounters, learning and debate. His vision was: HaGalil should be an open book in which the most diverse opinions have their say and thus promote enlightenment and tolerance. This vision is still our guiding principle today.
Serpil Temiz Unvar is the founder of the Ferhat Unvar educational initiative and the mother of Ferhat, one of the nine victims of the racist and right-wing extremist attack in Hanau on 19 February 2020. She uses her conviction that racism is learned through parenting and education in the work of the educational initiative to constructively facilitate social change and create more democratic participation for those affected. Away from merely suffering misanthropic ideologies, towards active participation and empowerment. Their guiding principle ‘No child is born a racist!’ has become the central theme of the Bildungsinitiative Ferhat Unvar e.V. and emphasises humanity as the primary driver of civil society for helping to shape a world with as little discrimination as possible.
The Institut für Museumsforschung is a nationwide research institute of the Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin – Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz.
It is dedicated to research with and about museums, develops standards and innovative formats and collects data on the museum landscape in Germany. As an incubator for innovative research topics, it networks the museum and research communities on a national and international level and deals intensively with the question of the future of museums in a society in transition.
https://www.smb.museum/en/museums-institutions/institut-fuer-museumsforschung/about-us/profile/
Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung Schleswig-Holstein carries out a wide range of projects with a shared goal: to strengthen democratic processes, help shape an environmentally conscious future, and empower people to take action and participate in shaping society and politics.
We offer political education – primarily in Germany’s northernmost state – and see ourselves as an independent part of the global green movement. At the same time, we are an autonomous part of the nationwide Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung based in Berlin.
Straßenlärm Berlin e.V. visualises colonial, National Socialist, anti-Semitic, antiziganist and patriarchal remembrance culture in the form of streets, monuments and squares on a digital map.
Instagram: @strassenlaerm_berlin
The Foundation of Hamburg Memorials and Learning Centres. Commemorating the Victims of Nazi Crimes commemorates National Socialist crimes. It researches and communicates their history and consequences and preserves the remembrance of those persecuted by the Nazi regime. The foundation is responsible for memorials and places of learning in Hamburg. At its centre is the Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial as an international place of remembrance.
In the Villa Oppenheim, the Museum Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf creates a space for encounters with the city’s history, together with partners and communities of remembrance. Exhibitions and collections, educational programmes and events tell the story of living together in a Berlin district in many different voices.
