A walking tour “The Mile of Freedom” took place on Friday, 9 July. During this tour, the group walked a symbolic mile on the main avenue Gedimino prospect. This symbolic mile stretched from the Lithuanian Council of Science in which building the independence movement Sajudis was created in 1988 and lasted until the house of […]
The 6th of July was the date for the third and last film screening held again at the Romanian Institute for Adult Education in Timișoara, with a number of 17 participants, youngsters and adults alike. The third movie, Between Pain and Amen, depicts the horrors of torture in the communist era in a time when […]
The last film screening in Berlin was held on 3 July. It was especially attended by youngsters and that can be explained by the topic of the movie- Hip-hop culture in socialism, break dance, graffiti art, beat street influences- topics relatable with young people nowadays. “Back in the days” tells a little-known but dazzling piece […]
As a finale of the first educational activity under the project The Price of Freedom and Democracy, Foundation for Entrepreneurship, Culture and Education organised a historic tour, which took place on July 1 at 16:30, starting with the Judicial Chamber. During this 3-hour walking tour of Sofia, participants learnt about the theory of communism, what […]
On 2 July, the befriended historian Norbert Woźniak delivered a workshop in Przystanek Historia Centrum Edukacyjne IPN im. Janusza Kurtyki [Institute of National Remembrance]. Young people watched the documentary “Kwatera Ł” [Sector L]. The film depicts young archaeologists and volunteers who study secret burial places at the wall of a military cemetery in Warsaw where […]
Manfred Krug’s story sparked an interest in getting to know more. Because it combines completeness – growing up in East Berlin, becoming an absolute star as an actor and singer, adored by the people and then disowned by the regime, he experiences the whole spectrum. Later, Manne – as his admirers call him – travels […]
Remembrance Cinema and History Tours What we did so far The first activity is aimed at informing youth of the exploitations and manipulations of democratic practices of totalitarian regimes and the repressions on dissidents and the intellectual and artistic milieus during these regimes. We implemented 8 film screenings in four countries and 1 history tour […]
On 22 June, historian Norbert Woźniak delivered a workshop in Kolegium św. Stanisława Kostki. During the workshops, students had a chance to watch 2 documentary movies: “Grudzień `70, pamięć poległych, pamięć żywych” (“December 1970: the memory of the dead, the memory of the living”) and “I wjechał czołg” (“And the tank drove in”). After the […]
On the 20th of June, the second film screening was held in a more or less unusual but beautiful setup, in open air near the riverside of Timiș. This time, 18 youngsters watched Tales from the Golden Age, a movie compiling several short stories and events from the communism inspired by urban legends and storytellers […]
For the first film, we chose a well-known art film The Lives of Others to attract more attention to the project and allow for a more sophisticated cinema experience. Although the film is over two hours long, it is a fascinating story that gives a better insight into the glory and misery of the DDR. […]