The project « History through their eyes » was funded with the support of the European Union under the Programme “Europe for Citizens”
Applicable to the Strand 2 – Measure 2.2 “Networks of Towns”
Measure 2.3 “Civil Society Projects“
Strand 1 – “European Remembrance“
6 events have been carried out
within this project:
Event 1
Participation: The event involved 14 citizens, including 1 participant from Berlin (Germany),
5 participants from Nijmegen and Elst (the Netherlands), 4 participants from Brussels, Bastogne and Zoersel (Belgium), 3 participants from Caen (France), 1 participant from Milan (Italy).
Location / Dates: The event took
place in Brussels (Belgium), from 11/10/2017 to 13/10/2017
Short description: The aim of the event was to prepare the
project implementation plan, divide the tasks and discuss the organization of
the events.
Event 2
Participation: The conference involved 72 citizens, including 65 participants from Saint-Lô, Le Havre, Caen (France),
1 participant from Bialystok (Poland),
3 participants from Bastogne and Brussels (Belgium),
1 participant from Berlin (Germany),
2 participants from Bethlehem and Bristol (USA).
1.500 citizens visited the
exhibition.
Location / Dates: The event took
place in Caen, France, from
08/06/2018 to 08/07/2018
Short description:
The aim of the event was to inaugurate the travelling exhibition ‘History
through their eyes’, organize workshops with teachers and project partners as
well as the conference ‘D-Day and
the Normandy Landing Beaches – symbols of the universal values of freedom and
democracy?’ with the participation of WWII veterans.
Event 3
Participation: The conference involved 95 citizens, including 90 participants from of Nijmegen, Maastricht and Utrecht (the Netherlands), 2 participants from
Cassino (Italy), 1 participant from
Brussels (Belgium), 2 participants
from (Germany). 2.746 citizens visited the exhibition.
Location / Dates: The event took
place in Nijmegen, the Netherlands,
from 19/09/2018 to 19/10/2018
Short description: The aim of the event was to open the travelling
exhibition, organize a whole day program for students to better understand the
local history and increase
the interest for international cooperation in the field of the WWII remembrance.
Event 4
Participation: The event involved 81 citizens, including 77 participants from
Berlin (Germany),1
participant from Bastogne (Belgium),
2 participants from Nijmegen and Arhnem (the
Netherlands), 1 participant from Bialystok (Poland).4.032
citizens visited the exhibition.
Location / Dates: The event took
place in Berlin, Germany, from
08/11/2018 to 08/12/2018
Short description: The aim of the event was to inaugurate the
travelling exhibition, organize workshops for students with the participation
of WWII eyewitnesses, teachers and project partners in order to discuss the
European memories of the WWII.
Event 5
Participation: The event involved 136 citizens, including 132 participants from Hénallux, Bastogne and Brussels (Belgium), 2 participants from Caen (France), 1 participant from Bialystok (Poland), and 1 participant from Hellenthal (Germany). 9.800 citizens visited the exhibition.
Location / Dates: The event took place in Bastogne, Belgium, from 06/12/2018 to 06/01/2019
Short description: The aim of the event was to inaugurate the travelling exhibition, organize workshops for students with the participation of WWII eyewitnesses, historians and project partners around the topic of the creation of the European Union, the causes and consequences of the Second World War and parallels between Europe’s past and present.
Event 6
Participation: The event involved 280
citizens, including 275 participants from
the city of Cassino and Volterra, (Italy), 2 participants from
Nijmegen (the
Netherlands), 1 participant from Brussels (Belgium) and 2 participants from Herefordshire (United Kingdom). 1.000 citizens visited the exhibition.
Location / Dates: The event took
place in Cassino, Italy, from
15/02/2019 to 15/03/2019
Short description: The aim of the event was to inaugurate the
travelling exhibition, present the results of students’ research on the topic
“From Cassino to Rome, World War II as the mother of Europe?” and discuss
with WWII eyewitnesses.
