Winners Announced and an International Award Launched

The formal award ceremony for the “Remembering Hilda Dajč” was held on May 7, 2026, at the “Svetozar Marković” University Library of the University of Belgrade.

The ceremony gathered representatives of the civil sector, cultural and educational institutions, Belgrade high school students, and other citizens, to pay tribute to the efforts of individuals and organizations in nurturing a culture of remembrance and improving civic awareness.

The award ceremony was supported and honored by the presence and addresses of the Ambassadors of the United Kingdom, as well as other distinguished guests.

Once again this year, awards were presented in two categories, and the event was also marked by the announcement of the expansion of this initiative to a global level.

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Winners of the 2026 “Remembering Hilda Dajč” Award

Representatives of last year’s award winners were invited to serve as jury members: Stefan Slavić, the author duo Mirjana Belić Koročkin Davidović and Radivoje Davidović, and students of the Faculty of Dramatic Arts (FDU). Sociology professor Marija Vasić was also on the jury this time, as she was a 2024 award winner and could not participate last time. Specially invited jury members this year were Jelena Mijović, a dramaturge, and Filip Ejdus, a professor at the Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Belgrade. Representing the award’s Managing Board on the jury was Nenad Lajbenšperger.

Winner of the Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Culture of Remembrance:

European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture ERIAC Serbia (Belgrade) – for the exhibition “Combing Through Time: Unraveling the Hidden Histories of the Roma Genocide”. The exhibition sheds light on the often-overlooked narratives of the Roma genocide during World War II and pays tribute to the resilience of the Roma community in Serbia and the region.

Winner of the Youth Award for Demonstrated Civic Responsibility and Social Awareness:

Union of High School Students of Serbia (UNSS) – for the digital tool “The School Crisis Traffic Light”. In response to institutional upheavals, teacher dismissals, and pressures, the UNSS launched a tool for the systematic monitoring of violations of rights and freedoms in high schools.

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Winners of the 2026 “Remembering Hilda Dajč” Award

Representatives of last year’s award winners were invited to serve as jury members: Stefan Slavić, the author duo Mirjana Belić Koročkin Davidović and Radivoje Davidović, and students of the Faculty of Dramatic Arts (FDU). Sociology professor Marija Vasić was also on the jury this time, as she was a 2024 award winner and could not participate last time. Specially invited jury members this year were Jelena Mijović, a dramaturge, and Filip Ejdus, a professor at the Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Belgrade. Representing the award’s Managing Board on the jury was Nenad Lajbenšperger.

Winner of the Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Culture of Remembrance:

European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture ERIAC Serbia (Belgrade) – for the exhibition “Combing Through Time: Unraveling the Hidden Histories of the Roma Genocide”. The exhibition sheds light on the often-overlooked narratives of the Roma genocide during World War II and pays tribute to the resilience of the Roma community in Serbia and the region.

Winner of the Youth Award for Demonstrated Civic Responsibility and Social Awareness:

Union of High School Students of Serbia (UNSS) – for the digital tool “The School Crisis Traffic Light”. In response to institutional upheavals, teacher dismissals, and pressures, the UNSS launched a tool for the systematic monitoring of violations of rights and freedoms in high schools.

Other Nominees

Nominated for the outstanding contribution to the culture of remembrance were also:

Biljana Marcojević (Belgrade), curator of the Museum of Genocide Victims – for the exhibition “War Heroines”.
Radovan Sremac (Šid), curator of the Museum of Naïve Art “Ilijanum” – for the book “Rahela” about Rahela Ferari.
Saša Rakezić (Aleksandar Zograf), comic author – for the graphic novel “Letters of Hilda Dajč”.
Nominated in the Youth Award category for demonstrated civic responsibility and social awareness was also:
Center for Girls (Niš) – for the book “How to Make Learning Philosophy Fair? Principles of a Feminist-Reconstructed Teaching of Philosophy”.

The “Voice of Youth” Award

In addition to the awards in two categories presented by the jury, the “Voice of Youth” award is given based on the votes of Belgrade high school students. This year, the “Voice of Youth” was awarded to the Union of High School Students of Serbia for the digital tool “Crisis School Traffic Light”.

Launch of the The International Hilda Dajč Digital Holocaust Memory Award

A major novelty was announced at this year’s ceremony. Terraforming, an NGO from Novi Sad, and the Landecker Digital Memory Lab research laboratory from the University of Sussex in Brighton, UK, in cooperation with a series of partner institutions from around the world—including some of the most important institutions dealing with Holocaust memorialization in Germany, Austria, Israel, the USA, Canada, and Serbia—announced the launch of the first international award dedicated to the digital memorialization of the Holocaust.

The “Hilda Dajč” International Award for Digital Holocaust Memorialization will serve as an international starting point from which remembrance culture experts, technological innovators, survivors, their descendants, and young people will propose new standards of excellence in digital Holocaust commemoration. The award will specifically focus on the use of digital tools to redefine traditional memorialization formats, promote initiatives that encourage historical knowledge and empower young people to develop critical thinking skills and defend democratic values, as well as to bring forgotten or neglected victims, localities, and hidden histories to the focus of the global public. At the same time, as an international award named after our Hilda Dajč, it will be an opportunity to present the history of the Holocaust in Serbia and the region to the broader international public.

Miško Stanišić, director of the Terraforming organization, stated on this occasion:

“Since 2022, when the ‘Remembering Hilda Dajč’ award was established, we have promoted valuable organizations, institutions, and individuals who have made a significant contribution in the field of youth activism and the improvement of the culture of Holocaust remembrance in Serbia. By expanding this mission to an international level with the Landecker Digital Memory Lab, we are beginning a pioneering activity of identifying quality standards and norms in global digital Holocaust memorialization. By establishing this award, we will empower new generations not only to use technology for remembrance but also to protect fundamental democratic values. By promoting the history of the Holocaust in Serbia to a global audience, we want to familiarize the international community with our historical experiences, but also to contribute to nurturing a more honest and courageous culture of remembrance in our country that will follow the standards of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA).”

Prof. Dr. Victoria Grace Richardson-Walden, Director of the Landecker Digital Memory Lab, added:

“We are honored to act as the institutional host of this award. The Holocaust in the former Yugoslavia is still very little recognized and understood in international public discourse. We hope that this award, which originates from Serbia in Remembrance a victim murdered in the camp at Staro Sajmište in Belgrade, will help make this history more visible and central in the global commemoration of this past, while recognizing the truly global dimension of digital Holocaust remembrance practice.”

During his address, British Ambassador Edward Ferguson said:

“I’m pleased to hear about the introduction of the new digital award, in partnership with the University of Sussex. It is so important that we keep adapting to the new and fast-changing realities of how information is shared between people and communities, especially at a time when the digital space is increasingly weaponised for purposes of Holocaust denial and distortion.

Now more than ever, it is our duty to do everything we can to remember innocent victims such as Hilda and to keep their testimony alive for future generations. Because it is ever clearer that the memory of the Holocaust is at real risk amidst rising antisemitism and the onslaught of online misinformation and disinformation.”

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The “Remembering Hilda Dajč” Awards 2026

Winners Announced and an International Award Launched

Winners of the 2026 “Remembering Hilda Dajč” Award

Winners of the 2026 “Remembering Hilda Dajč” Award

Winner of the Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Culture of Remembrance:

Winner of the Youth Award for Demonstrated Civic Responsibility and Social Awareness:

Other Nominees

The “Voice of Youth” Award

Launch of the The International Hilda Dajč Digital Holocaust Memory Award

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