31.07.2012 22:36 (0 comments)
The main part of our project is finished: we gathered 18 interviews with old women from Krasne and Busk (the oldest one was over 90), with different roots. Some of them were Ukrainians displaced from Poland in 1946, some was local; some were from mixed (Polish, Ukrainian, German, Jewish) families. Their stories affected us very much, we were...
27.07.2012 09:36 (0 comments)
The progress of the project in Germany is fine. I've almost collected all the accessible material about the synagogues in Bückeburg and in Petershagen. The synagogue in Rehburg is what I'm working on at the moment. And for research on the "Kirchen in den Polendörfern" I'm going to meet Sonja von Behrens next Tuesday. Attached is an...
19.07.2012 12:05 (0 comments)
That was amazing! The Liegnitz Collectionin Wuppertal is like a treasure chest.There are a lot of items and documents from the city of Liegnitz (now Legnica) to find. It includes prints and drawings, furniture, documents, coins, archaeological finds,Polish Pottery and textiles. The Collection was founded at the initiative of Dr. Gerhard...
19.07.2012 10:52 (0 comments)
As the organization who is responsible for our project, was changed, we invite you all to the website www.fundacjatop.pl. Under "Religions" you can find newses, pictures, and much more.
19.07.2012 10:43 (0 comments)
At the moment our participant Alex is in Ratchino, Russia (near Petersburg), investigating the history of the Saint George-Church there. which is very similar to a orthodox church in Nagorzany, Poland. Ewa and her brother are doing research in Poland.On the picture Saint George in Ratchino.
18.07.2012 21:38 (0 comments)
Noch bevor wir Details für die Veranstaltung Ende August mit der Stadt absprechen konnten, berichtete am letzten Wochenende auch schon die Märkische Allgemeine Zeitung darüber. In einem halbseitigen Artikel wurde auf unser Projekt und die damit verbundenden Vorhaben eingegangen. Außerdem waren wir heute zu unserem vorletzten Interview in...
17.07.2012 21:22 (0 comments)
Durch die Unterstützung der Brandenburgischen Landeszentrale für politische Bildung konnten wir jetzt unser Projekt erweitern: Anlässlich der alljährlichen Begehung des ehemaligen Garnisonsgeländes werden wir drei russische Zeitzeugen nach Zehdenick/Vogelsang einladen. Sie werden an den Führungen über das Gelände teilnehmen und...
17.07.2012 11:23 (0 comments)
The Internet presentation from our workshop in Bratislava is already available. See: http://cefres.hypotheses.org/193
15.07.2012 12:23 (0 comments)
Wir haben die ersten Zeitzeugen-Interviews gedreht und freuen uns, dass sich das Projekthema endlich mit Leben fuellt! Auch wenn es diesmal erst vier Zeugen vor die Kamera geschafft haben, ist doch der Anfang getan. Das Thema spricht sich mittlerweile herum und zieht weitere Kreise, nicht nur unter der aelternen Bevoelkerung: Der Enkel...
14.07.2012 09:16 (0 comments)
We are on Ukraine, in Krasne and Busk. We had very busy time with doing interviews - but it was very fruitful. We found a lot of people who wanted to tell us their stories. Finally we did 17 interviews with 19 women. Now we are sitting and choosing the best fragments of interviews, cutting them and discussing about their importance -...
10.07.2012 17:31 (0 comments)
On the 10th of July the preliminary results of our project were presented at the 2012' Summer Session of Regional Seminar for Excellence in Teaching "Teaching Age of Extremes in the Age of Politics of History" (Chernivtsi region, Ukraine). Among those present there were participants of ReSet program - senior...
06.07.2012 16:08 (0 comments)
Am 1.07 haben wir München erreicht. unser Zeil war die Bearbeitung der Archive der UNRRA-Universität (kümmerte sich für die Ausbildung der DP's aus Amerikanischer Zone) und die weiteren noch unentdeckten Archive der Ukrainischen Freienuniversität. die ersten drei Tage haben wir der Forschung an der UFU gewidmet: Akten der ZPUEN,...
03.07.2012 22:52 (0 comments)
In dieser Woche haben wir einen besonderen Gast: Sergej Anosov ist eigens angereist, um uns von seinen Erinnerungen an die Garnison Vogelsang zu berichten. Sein Vater war Offizier, seine Mutter arbeitete in der Wäscherei und er selbst hat im Militärstädtchen die Schule besucht. Sergej kommt fast jedes Jahr nach Vogelsang, um auf dem...
02.07.2012 17:15 (0 comments)
Dear all, We are happy to inform you that several media outlets have reported on our project based on a press release we sent them. Here are some of...
29.06.2012 13:58 (0 comments)
Unser Projekt ist wieder einmal in den Medien! Die tarnowitzer Beilage des "Dziennik Zachodni" bringt auf der ersten Seite einen Hinweis und auf Seite 9 einen ausführlicheren Beitrag zum Thema unseres Projektes. Die Suche nach Zeitzeugen geht weiter! Wir haben schon einige Hinweise und gehen diesen nach. Hoffentlich sind die Zeitzeugen...
28.06.2012 11:11 (0 comments)
Vor kurzem wurde auch einen Artikel über die Ukrainischen DP's in den ukrainischen Internetausgabe publiziert: http://h.ua/story/358796/ Der Autor hat das Material aus unseren vorläufigen Forschungsergebnissen bearbeitet und publiziert. Zurzeit werden noch einige Anzeigen vorbereiten.
27.06.2012 16:28 (0 comments)
Under the link you can see the announcement of our project (in Polish) in the journal "Kurier Galicyjski" (Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine): http://www.kuriergalicyjski.com/index.php/reportage/724-projekt-historyczny-o-przesiedleniach-na-ukrainie-zachodniej
26.06.2012 15:02 (0 comments)
Our workshop named "Communists and Uprisings" took place in Polish Institute in Bratislava on 25th June 2012. The workshop had three main sections: Communist interpretation and ritualization of Slovak National Uprising, Communist interpretation and ritualization of Prague Uprising, Communist interpretation and ritualization of...
25.06.2012 15:45 (0 comments)
We are happy to announce that our methods paper and press-release are finally available. The tittle of newspaper is Pohjarannik (North Cost) http://pr.pohjarannik.ee/. The language of the article is Russian.
21.06.2012 09:39 (0 comments)
In Gießener Magazin "Express" so wie in der Ukrainischer Gazeta.UA wurde die Anzeige über unser studentisches Projekt zur Geschichte der Displaced Persons in Mittelhessen publiziert. Die Anzeige erzählt über die Förderungsmittel, Partner-Institutionen, Idee des Projekts und Aufgabe. Zur Zeit gib es sogar die Rückmeldungen. Es gib einige...
20.06.2012 15:55 (0 comments)
Russian TV reports about Freiburg students on a research trip to Sakhalin (Russia) on "War Memory and Sovietisation". Funded by Geschichtswerkstatt Europa. Interviews with Sören Urbansky, Igor Zaday, and Okuto Gunji (4 June 2012) http://youtu.be/58uX3y2Dj-s
19.06.2012 14:27 (0 comments)
They also posted our project in a Colombian blog on documentary film research: http://docuscolombia.blogspot.com/
17.06.2012 12:50 (0 comments)
In Bad Arolsen fand wieder ein Treffen der Teilnehmer unseres Projekts mit den Wissenschaftlern und Studenten der JLU. Dr. Urban und Hr. Bienert haben für die Teilnehern des Seminars eine Einführung und Präsentation "Der ITS in Geschichte und Gegenwart" vorgestellt. Die interessierenden Studenten und Professoren hatten Möglichkeit mit den...
15.06.2012 10:46 (0 comments)
"Szukając Emila - Looking for Emil" wird am 23.06.2012 zum Ersten Mal in Berlin gezeigt. 21h, Galerie Bar ORi, Friedelstraße 8, Berlin-Neukölln
14.06.2012 16:23 (0 comments)
Last week Liliya and Alina met in Krasne and Busk; we wanted to take part in the celebration in commemoration of displacements after WWII. We were in Busk 6th of June, but it proved that the celebration in Busk was postponed, and it was two days before our arrival. It was very strange situation, because only small group of people organised...
12.06.2012 11:03 (0 comments)
We are still translating our project's press-release into english but meanwhile we have also posted the ukrainian variant - at our Center for Urban History website. You can have a look at it here: http://lvivcenter.org/uk/chronicle/news/?newsid=833
12.06.2012 02:06 (0 comments)
Memory of WWII in the Cityscape of Rostov-on-Don (1943-1953) Rostov-on-Don, one of the occupied regional centers of the RusSFSR, might be the vivid example of governmental attempts to gain the control over past working through the cityscape. In our project we explore several spheres of activity related to the cityscape: erasing of the...
08.06.2012 21:26 (0 comments)
Schlammvulkan mit Fotos http://vk.com/wall18189202_1276 Все фото в альбоме vk.com/album-36630861_158303632
07.06.2012 19:21 (0 comments)
Monument of Russian-Finnish cooperation in establishing Kostomuksha is commonly known as “monument of last Karelian carried by Khokhol and Russian”. Mining city Kostomuksha was established in the early 80s by the side of village Kontokki and it has greatly changed the economical and demographical structure of White Karelia. The...
07.06.2012 19:08 (0 comments)
Voknavolok village (Vuokkiniemi) located 25 kilometers to the east from Finnish-Russian border. In the 50s it was often used as a transition place for the inhabitants of surrounding demolished “perspectiveless villages”. Some families from Tolloreka (Tollojoki) village, seven kilometers from Voknavolok, managed to move also their...
07.06.2012 10:48 (0 comments)
“Для участі в проекті запрошуються всі ті, хто поділяє наше прагнення розібратися в історичних та етнографічних реаліях колишніх мешканців Бескидів” Posted on Травень 17,...
07.06.2012 02:24 (0 comments)
Construction of Memory of Nazi Occupation in Soviet Museums (Stalinist Period) One of the parts of our study is the construction of the past in the local museums. In fact, exhibitions devoted to the occupation and the Resistance movement were the first WWII exhibitions created in the USSR. As early as in 1941-1942 the first exhibitions...
06.06.2012 21:11 (0 comments)
Press – release, 15.02.2012 The project „BROKEN BRANCH OF BOIKEN TREE: FORCED DEPORTATION OF 1951 AND ITS CONSEQUENCES FOR BOIKEN POPULATION FROM THE BESKID MOUNTAINS“ Duration of the project: From 15 February till 17 November 2012 – exactly so long the violent eviction of Beskyds' residents from Beskyds to the south of the Ukraine...
06.06.2012 20:59 (0 comments)
You can find our method paper now on the website.
05.06.2012 15:12 (0 comments)
Hello, we just uploaded our method paper on the project page!
05.06.2012 10:49 (0 comments)
Dear all,The celebration of the Tito's 120th birthday was held on Friday despite heavy rain. Unfortunately, his widow, Jovanka Broz, failed to show up. However, we have found a few interesting older women whose mothers took part in the WWII and whose stories on inter family relations after the war will be quite useful for our research...
04.06.2012 23:18 (0 comments)
Mr. Sabadach surprised us with his warmth and hospitality. His small manor house in Uniejowice by Zlotoryja is a real mine of treasures. And most valuable was the host himself: a mix of storyteller, joker, expert on history, kind of russophile, but also with some secrets ...
04.06.2012 23:07 (0 comments)
Our first meeting in Legnica resulted in couple of inteviews with contemporary witnesses and journalists. We have visited the city museum (Muzeum Miedzi) and the common Monument of Thankfulness to the Red Army (see: picture), met with our mentor, dr Wojciech Kondusza, and something very special - visited the unique Privat Red (Soviet) Army...
04.06.2012 23:06 (0 comments)
We are glad to present you our first press relaese, in German: Pressemitteilung, 27.04.2012 Polnische und sowjetische Geschichtspropaganda. Langsam nimmt das Projekt „Polnische und sowjetische Geschichtspropaganda und ihr Einfluss auf das Verhältnis zwischen den polnischen und deutschen Zivilisten sowie zu den sowjetischen Soldaten...
04.06.2012 00:33 (0 comments)
In the last days of April some persons from Poland and Ukraine (Alina, Agnieszka, Magda, Tetyana, Lena; and 2 participants of "Memory and Oblivion" project: Ania and Monika) visited Jugow. It's a pity that we didn't meet German participants there - but neither Jessica nor Tekla unfortunately couldn't come. We visited our interviewees...
03.06.2012 21:19 (0 comments)
Weitere Medien bringen Meldungen über unser Projekt! Auf der Internetseite des Stadtfernsehens von Tarnowitz gwarek.tv - hier der Link: http://gwarek.tv/aktualnosci/wpis/143/projekt-oboz-w-dwoch-rezimach.-slady-pamieci-o-lasowicach - und in der Zeitung "Schlesisches Wochenblatt" erscheint ein Artikel (Foto) www.wochenblatt.pl -...
03.06.2012 16:21 (0 comments)
Seit dem 29. Mai forscht unsere kleine Gruppe in München. Hier wurden die Archivakten und Bücherbestände der Ukrainischen Freien Universität durchgesucht. Dutzende Seiten mit den Namen, Verwaltungsakten und Erinnerungen der ukrainischen DP's wurden gefunden und kopiert. später wird dieses Material ausgewertet und zur Ausstellung...
31.05.2012 21:29 (0 comments)
Step 1: Method paper. Really, It was difficult. It was difficult to negotiate everything when people could not meet and see ach other face to face. This was the reason why it took a lot of time or at least more than some of our members expected. During the working process we had to read through a lot of books and some other sources....
31.05.2012 10:42 (0 comments)
We started our preliminary interviews in Belarus, having had a background for our research as the effect of press releases in local media: http://ampby.org/2012/04/20/17196/#more-17196 http://s13.ru/archives/39142 http://www.adukacyja.info/news/projects/505-gistoryji-z-zhiccja.html
31.05.2012 10:21 (0 comments)
The title of the project: Life stories – the remembrance of the witnesses of Siberia implies that the focus of our endeavor is not to deliberate on the popular history but to add a new chapter to the history so far underestimated. We believe that the stories of an individual struggling with fate, and not...
31.05.2012 09:48 (0 comments)
Italian bombing, on the 6th of April 1941, marked the beginning of the Second World War for the inhabitants of Podgorica. Between WWI and WWII the city had over 14 000 inhabitants and was formed of two parts: the old Ottoman part with a XIV century fort and a new, which was built in the late XIX and early XX century, and was conceived in a...
29.05.2012 23:55 (0 comments)
Lange erwartet: Jetzt erschienen die ersten Beiträge über unser Projekt in den Medien! Gestern bei Radio Opole in der Sendung "Schlesien Aktuell" - hier der Link: http://www.radio.opole.pl/omniejszosciach/ Heute konnte man eine Notiz in der lokalen Zeitung von Tarnowitz "Gwarek" lesen (Foto) und es sind weitere Meldungen in den...
29.05.2012 21:36 (0 comments)
The first stage of our project started with a round table/workshop held at the Moldova Institut Leipzig (MIL) on March 16-17, 2012. The core team of project participants, together with several invited experts, discussed the general design, organizational details and methodology of the project. The discussion focused particularly on the best...