Improving education about the Holocaust

Terraforming is committed to promoting and improving teaching and learning about the Holocaust

and combating antisemitism, antigypsyism and other forms of xenophobia.

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activities, public events, trainings, conferences, publications, teaching materials

The Voice of Women in the Frozen Silence

2021-01-19

The event "The Voice of Women in the Frozen Silence" will take place online at 2.00 pm on January 26. Some of the program highlights are: presentation of the exhibition "The Spots of Light - To be a Woman in the Holocaust", the Serbian adaptation of the IHRA's Recommendation for Teaching and Learning about Holocaust, and presentations about gender perspectives in memorialization of the Holocaust by international experts and diplomates.

Webinar “Testimonies in Education and Collective Memory“

2020-12-29

Webinar “Testimonies in Education and Collective Memory“ was held on December 8. 2020. Participants were from The Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies (USA), Sered Holocaust Museum in Slovakia and the Archive of Vojvodina.

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2020-06-22

Webinar 2: Local Archive – an Interface for Collective Memory, Knowledge and Education

Terraforming

2020-06-07

Webinar: Innovative Practices in Employing Archival Records in Public Outreach Programs in the Fields of Commemoration and Education about the Holocaust

2020-06-02

TAS Lab Webinar 1 – Migration Past and Present: Comparative Experiences and Historical Lessons

2020-04-23

We created a digital Kickoff event to launch our new project

From the Novi Sad Raid to the Liberation of Auschwitz - how and why we remember?

KCNS

2020-01-17

From the Novi Sad Raid to the Liberation of Auschwitz

Empowering new multipliers

In addition to teachers, Terraforming works on engaging new multipliers in Holocaust education such as librarians and archivists, by developing and providing teaching materials and methodologies, facilitating training programs and international exchange of experiences and best practices.

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CURRENT PROJECTS

strategic activities, partnerships, international and national engagements

MORE PROJECTS

The Holocaust, European Values and Local History (2020-2022)

About the project

In partnership with the Archives of Vojvodina and national and international partnering institutions we will develop, pilot and introduce sustainable methodologies and tools for an innovative approach in archival pedagogy, with aim to empower local archives to identify, promote, make available and safeguard important Holocaust-related materials. In addition, international experts will guide the archivists in creating educational outreach programs based on local archival materials and local history.

Funding institutions

Thesis Antithesis Synthesis: TAS Migration Labs (2020-2021)

About the project

Partners from Belgium, Italy, Portugal, Romania and Serbia will organize a series of debates with aim to analyse historical experiences, narratives, misconceptions and stereotypes relating to (e)migration and refugees, xenophobic discourse, hate speech and propaganda – from the times of Nazism to current European challenges. We will be looking into our own experiences, responsibilities and the challenges we faced in the past and today.

Funding institutions

The EU program “Europe for Citizens”

Terraforming is based in Serbia

Terraforming promotes education about the Holocaust, stronger culture of remembrance, protection of endangered authentic Holocaust sites, and contributes addressing distortion and manipulation of history.

MISSION STATEMENT OUR TEAM

EDITORIAL

our stories, opinions, featured articles and guest writers

Photo: Ole Martin Wold

From Kozara to Falstad Forest

2019-07-25/in Articles /by Miško Stanišić

There is a direct link between Sajmište and camps in Norway, as part of one inseparable experience of terror, stretching from the villages around Kozara mountain, over Sajmište in Belgrade, to the forests around Falstad. Serbia and Norway have interwoven and shared historical experiences.

Photo: Roland Mattern

Let’s install Stolpersteine in Serbia

2019-07-24/in Art, Articles /by Miško Stanišić

Stolpersteine project is the world’s largest decentralized memorial. Considering how Stolpersteine effectively contributes to commemoration and education, and further the culture of remembrance in general, we would like to propose the initiative to install Stolpersteine memorials in Serbia.

References

Our work has been praised, presented and referred to in publications and reports by various international, governmental and intergovernmental institutions and organizations. Terraforming is awarded the Yehuda Bauer Grant award by International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance IHRA.

Policy Documents

Terraforming is committed to secure highest professional and ethical standards in its work, as well as to providing and maintaining a safe and caring learning environment. For that reason we strictly follow our Child Protection Policy, Anti-corruption Policy and Procurement Routines.

GUIDELINES AND STRATEGIES

Read more about our educational strategy as well as recommendations and guidelines we strive to follow.

MEMBERSHIPS

international associations and networks

Member of the Association of Holocaust Organizations (AHO)

Member of the European Network Countering Antisemitism through Education (ENCATE)

Why Terraforming?

Terraforming (”Earth‐shaping”) is a term from astronomy, defining the theoretical process of deliberately modifying the atmosphere, temperature or topography of a new planet, to make it habitable by humans.

But before we start changing other planets, we believe that it is our World that needs to be “terraformed” first, making it a better place, with more empathy and love, with genuine respect for human rights, equality and freedom.

We are trying to give our small contribution to that kind of "terraforming" of our World.