EASTory Through
Their Eyes
EASTory Through Their Eyes is the second edition of the EU-funded LRE Youth Programme “Through their Eyes” which started in 2018 and included partners from France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany and Italy.
The project
The aim of the project is to foster a deeper understanding of Eastern and Western European experiences of WWII and its consequences. A travelling and digital exhibition focused on stories of young people who experienced WWII and its consequences will allow students to identify with the WWII witnesses, while a series of youth events will promote reflection on the Eastern and Western war experiences, also thanks to eyewitnesses and special guests.
EASTory through their Eyes has the LRE Foundation as coordinator and the Museum Berlin-Karlshorst (Germany), the City of Pilsen (Czechia), the Bastogne War Museum (Belgium) and the Home Army Museum in Krakow (Poland) as project partners.
The virtual
exhibition
The virtual exhibition consists of twenty personal stories of young people who experienced – in different countries and ways – WWII and its consequences.
It gathers all the personal stories displayed in the travelling exhibition, and it is available in English, German, French, Dutch, Polish and Czech.
The youth events
Krakow - Poland
13 April 2022 - Home Army Museum
At the Home Army Museum, Polish students could learn more about life under German occupation, the role of the resistance, and the perspectives on WWII history and remembrance in Europe. A key takeaway was that history is not black and white, and it is important to acknowledge different perspectives to establish a European dialogue.
Video report
Pilsen - Czechia
2-4 May 2022 - Moving Station
Czech students were involved in a theatre workshop about the diary and story of Věra Kohnová, a young citizen of Pilsen of Jewish origin who did not survive deportation. They discovered the traces of WWII in their own city, and met two eyewitnesses of WWII, the liberation, the communist takeover of Czechoslovakia and the eventual democratic transition.
Video report
Bastogne - Belgium
17 May 2022 - Bastogne War Museum
Teachers-to-be engaged in four workshops in which they learnt more about WWII history and the European unification process, heard from an eyewitness of the Battle of the Bulge, exchanged perspectives on the consequences of WWII for Eastern and Western Europe with Czech and Polish partners, and discussed the role of street art for landmark events.
Video report
Events' report
The project has been funded under the Europe for Citizens program from the European Union. You can read more information about the project result below.
Gallery
News about the project
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EASTory through their Eyes at the Bastogne War Museum
After Krakow (Poland) and Pilsen (Czechia), EASTory through their Eyes continued with a youth event at the Bastogne War Museum (Belgium) on 17 May. The
EASTory through their Eyes events in Pilsen
The second youth event of the EASTory through their Eyes project took place in Pilsen, Czechia, between 2 and 4 May. The three-day event involved
EASTory through their Eyes youth event in Krakow
On 13 April, the Home Army Museum in Krakow, Poland, was the scene of the first youth event of the EASTory through their Eyes project.
EASTory through their Eyes online exhibition
The Eastory through their Eyes exhibition is now available online and presents the stories of twenty people who experienced World War II and its consequences
EASTory through their Eyes workshop at the Freedom Museum
The events of the EASTory through their Eyes project, funded by the Europe for Citizens programme of the European Union, officially began with a workshop
Partners
