Over the course of more than two years (2023–2025), we have organised 47 events in several EU countries and online, attended by over 5,600 participants from 27 countries. We implemented the MultiMemo project together with partners from Poland, Germany, and Belgium: the Urban Memory Foundation, FestivALT, the Foundation for the Documentation of Jewish Cemeteries, the Culture of Closeness Foundation, JCC Warsaw, CEJI – A Jewish Contribution to an Inclusive Europe, Universität Würzburg, and Hochschule für Jüdische Studien Heidelberg.
The project produced 12 multilingual case studies, a six-part podcast, and digital documentation of nearly 40 cultural heritage sites. It also resulted in exhibitions, artworks, and research that introduced new perspectives into the public debate on the meaning of memory and the ways it is cultivated.
MultiMemo proposed an intersectional approach to remembrance – one that combines reflection on the past with responses to contemporary challenges, including violence, exclusion, and the migration crisis. All project results and experiences have been collected in the MultiMemo Playbook – an evolving online resource featuring articles, case studies, podcast episodes, 3D documentation of matzevot, a database of pre-war Jewish art collectors, an online exhibition, and research on Holocaust sites and Jewish cemeteries.
The project strengthened the partners’ cooperation with public institutions in Poland and was part of cultural diplomacy, including its presentation in Brussels during the Polish Presidency of the Council of the EU in 2025. MultiMemo provided communities, educators, and local leaders with practical tools, knowledge, and inspiration for working with difficult history, supporting dialogue, the preservation of cultural diversity, and actions for social justice.
The MultiMemo project was funded by the European Union (CERV programme). Views and opinions expressed are solely those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union. The European Union cannot be held responsible for them.
