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.

TEACHING MATERIALS OUR PROJECTS

Safeguarding the Future of our Past

NEWS

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

Terraforming

Roma victims of Topovske šupe must not be forgotten

2021-05-05

By the end of the year the City of Belgrade will declare the Autokomanda area as public property, and the Memorial Center Topovske Šupe will be built there. The statement from the Deputy Mayor of Belgrade, Mr. Goran Vesić, published on 5th of May 2021 on the official website of the Belgrade City Authorities, has raised several doubts.

Conference „Microhistories of the Holocaust and its European Character“

2021-04-29

On 27th of April 2021 Terraforming and Archives of Vojvodina held an international conference which focused on the role local archives play in identifying and safeguarding the Holocaust records.

More News

2021-02-18

TAS Lab 4 – Antithesis II – Fake news about migrants and migration issues

2021-01-28

Conference “The Voice of Women in the Frozen Silence”

2021-01-19

The Voice of Women in the Frozen Silence

2020-12-29

Webinar “Testimonies in Education and Collective Memory“

2020-06-22

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

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.

OUR WORK WITH LIBRARIANS OUR WORK WITH ARCHIVISTS

CURRENT PROJECTS

strategic activities, partnerships, international and national engagements

MORE PROJECTS

ESTER – Digital tools for creating educational graphic novels about the Holocaust

HANNAH – International Platform for Education on Anti-Semitism (EU project)

MemAct! – Participatory learning and active memory (EU project)

Holocaust, European values and local history – Archival pedagogy, micro-histories of the Holocaust and shared European narratives

Thesis Antithesis Synthesis: TAS Migration Labs – Young people on European refugees and migration policies

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

2019-07-25/1 Comment/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)

Member of EuroClio – European Association of History Educators

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.