Program histoCON 2025 | bpb.de

• Arriving at the Alte Münze, Check-in and time to get to know each other

• From 5.30 p.m. Fingerfood and Drinks

Moderation: Clarissa Correa da Silva

• Video Greetings Nancy Faeser, Federal Minister of the Interior and Community

• Welcome by the Director of the Federal Agency of Civic Education, Thomas Krüger

• Keynote-conversation on the topic of violence and memory with
  Prof. Dr. Mirjam Zadoff, Director of the Munich Documentation Center for the History of National Socialism

• Fireside-Chats with histoCON participants

• Music by Diana Ezerex

Check-in and registration

1. Interner Link: Between Personal and National – Holocaust Commemoration in Different Countries, Location: Room A

2. Interner Link: Colonialism and Its Links to WW II, Location: Room G

3. Interner Link: Untold Stories in WW II: Voices Beyond the Battlefield, Location: Room B

4. Interner Link: HistoCourt: History on Trial – How the Law Remembers the Past, Location: Room K

5. Interner Link: Guilt and Our Response+Ability, Location: Room H

6. Interner Link: History in Media, Location: Room F

7. Interner Link: Playing to Remember: Board Games About WWII, Location: Room I

8. Interner Link: The Winner Tells the Story? Memory, Power and WWII Narratives, Location: Room E

9. Interner Link: Storytelling by Fotos from WW II, Location: Room C

10. Interner Link: Multidirectional Memory and the Weaponization of WWII Narratives, Location: Room J

11. Interner Link: Filming the Past: Exploring WWII Through Visual Storytelling, Location: Room D

12. Canceled:Interner Link: Histories in Motion: Personal Narratives, Global Migration, and WWII

Offers starting at 1:30 p.m.

• Interner Link: Walking Tour: “Berlin as a Landscape of Remembrance”, Meeting Point Walking Tours

• Interner Link: Walking Tour: The Holocaust Memorial, Meeting Point Walking Tours

• Interner Link: Walking Tour “Discovering Traces of Jewish Life”, Meeting Point Walking Tours

Offers starting at 2.00 p.m.

• Interner Link: What to Remember? What to Forget? Co-Creating Mini Manifestos, Location: Room H

• Interner Link: Trauma-Informed War Storytelling and Peacebuilding, Location: Room B

• Interner Link: My Connection to World War II - Sharing Personal Stories through Photos, Location: Room D

• Interner Link: How to Build a Museum, Location: Room E

• Interner Link: Podcast-Studio „Collecting Voices of Memory”, Location: Room F

• Interner Link: PC Lab: The Darkest File, Location: Room I

• Interner Link: Dance meets Yoga, Location: Room K

1. Interner Link: Between Personal and National – Holocaust Commemoration in Different Countries, Location: Room A

2. Interner Link: Colonialism and Its Links to WWII, Location: Room G

3. Interner Link: Untold Stories in WWII: Voices Beyond the Battlefield, Location: Room B

4. Interner Link: HistoCourt: History on Trial – How the Law Remembers the Past, Location: Room K

5. Interner Link: Guilt and Our Response+Ability, Location: Room H

6. Interner Link: History in Media, Location: Room F

7. Interner Link: Playing to Remember: Board Games About WWII, Location: Room I

8. Interner Link: The Winner Tells the Story? Memory, Power and WWII Narratives, Location: Room E

9. Interner Link: Storytelling Through Photos from WWII, Location: Room C

10. Interner Link: Multidirectional Memory and the Weaponization of WWII Narratives,Location: Room J

11. Interner Link: Filming the Past: Exploring WWII Through Visual Storytelling, Location: Room D

12. Canceled:Interner Link: Histories in Motion: Personal Narratives, Global Migration, and WWII

Check-in and registration

1. Interner Link: Between Personal and National – Holocaust Commemoration in Different Countries, Location: Room A

2. Interner Link: Colonialism and Its Links to WWII, Location: Room G

3. Interner Link: Untold Stories in WWII: Voices Beyond the Battlefield, Location: Room B

4. Interner Link: HistoCourt: History on Trial – How the Law Remembers the Past, Location: Room K

5. Interner Link: Guilt and Our Response+Ability, Location: Room H

6. Interner Link: History in Media, Location: Room F

7. Interner Link: Playing to Remember: Board Games About WWII, Location: Room I

8. Interner Link: The Winner Tells the Story? Memory, Power and WWII Narratives, Location: Room E

9. Interner Link: Storytelling Through Photos from WWII, Location: Room C

10. Interner Link: Multidirectional Memory and the Weaponization of WWII Narratives,Location: Room J

11. Interner Link: Filming the Past: Exploring WWII Through Visual Storytelling, Location: Room D

12. Canceled:Interner Link: Histories in Motion: Personal Narratives, Global Migration, and WWII

Offers starting at 1:30 pm

• Interner Link: Walking Tour: “Berlin as a Landscape of Remembrance”, Meeting Point Walking Tours

• Interner Link: Walking Tour: The New Synagogue under National Socialism, Meeting Point Walking Tours

• Interner Link: Walking Tour: The Holocaust Memorial, Meeting Point Walking Tours

Offers starting at 2.00 p.m.

• Interner Link: What to Remember? What to Forget? Co-Creating Mini Manifestos, Location: Room H

• Interner Link: Trauma-Informed War Storytelling and Peacebuilding, Location: Room B

• Interner Link: My Connection to World War II - Sharing Personal Stories through Photos, Location: Room D

• Interner Link: How to Build a Museum, Location: Room E

• Interner Link: Podcast-Studio „Collecting Voices of Memory”, Location: Room F

• Interner Link: PC Lab: The Darkest File, Location: Room I

• Interner Link: Dance meets Yoga, Location: Room K

1. Interner Link: Between Personal and National – Holocaust Commemoration in Different Countries, Location: Room A

2. Interner Link: Colonialism and Its Links to WWII, Location: Room G

3. Interner Link: Untold Stories in WWII: Voices Beyond the Battlefield, Location: Room B

4. Interner Link: HistoCourt: History on Trial – How the Law Remembers the Past, Location: Room K

5. Interner Link: Guilt and Our Response+Ability, Location: Room H

6. Interner Link: History in Media, Location: Room F

7. Interner Link: Playing to Remember: Board Games About WWII, Location: Room I

8. Interner Link: The Winner Tells the Story? Memory, Power and WWII Narratives, Location: Room E

9. Interner Link: Storytelling Through Photos from WWII, Location: Room C

10. Interner Link: Multidirectional Memory and the Weaponization of WWII Narratives,Location: Room J

11. Interner Link: Filming the Past: Exploring WWII Through Visual Storytelling, Location: Room D

12. Canceled:Interner Link: Histories in Motion: Personal Narratives, Global Migration, and WWII

Introduction and moderation: Clarissa Correa da Silva

Interactive Keynote Speech: Results of the Memo Study on the Culture of Remembrance in Germany

• Michael Papendick, (Bielefeld University, Co-Author of the study)

Panel discussion: Who tells the Story and who listens?

• Hanna Veiler, German activist and publicist. Until March 2025 President of the Jewish Student Union of Germany

• Zeynep Karaosman, Peace-activist

• Daniel Haberlah, Author of the book „Als ‚Asoziale‘ nach Ravensbrück – Das kurze Leben der Irmgard Plättner (As an ‘asocial’ to Ravensbrück – The short life of Irmgard Plättner)

Eighty years after the end of World War II, Germany is often seen as a global example of self-reflective remembrance. But does that image really hold up? Or does it hide the blind spots that still shape how history is remembered – and who gets to remember? This evening’s panel invites you to dig deeper: Whose stories are heard? Whose voices are still missing? And how can different historical experiences actually speak to each other? Before the conversation starts, Michael Papendick will share insights from the MEMO youth study – how do young people in Germany today perceive memory culture?

Check-in and registration

Get Together & Warm-Up & Distribution of lunch packages

Scavenger hunt through Berlin in small groups

Entrance to histoCON stage, security check

Exhibition of workshop results and other attractions

• Welcome to the Federal President by Thomas Krüger, Director of the Federal Agency for Civic Education

• Address by the Federal President to the participants and opening of the photo exhibition

• Viewing of the exhibition by the Federal President, including conversations with individual participants about their photos