DIFFICULT HERITAGE REMEMBRANCE FRAMEWORK was created as part of the “NeDiPa: Negotiating Difficult Pasts” project implemented in 2022-2024 in Poland and funded by the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values programme of the European Union.
The project has been exploring and building on the experiences of three Jewish organizations active in Poland and beyond: the Zapomniane Foundation, FestivALT and the Urban Memory Foundation and upon the initiatives of local communities, local activism, and research through a series of nearly thirty physical and virtual events organized in five categories. These are: commemorations, conferences, community building, public events, and online educational training. We included the most current approaches from memory studies, environmental protection, heritage preservation, and community organizing, involving a variety of stakeholders such as citizens (especially youth), non-governmental organizations, research centers, local authorities, law-makers, educators, architects, artists, and more.
DHRF is an online resource that enables easy access to knowledge (including crucial terms and concepts from the field of heritage & memory studies), consisting of a toolkit and guidelines addressed to various stakeholders, such as: memory activists, heritage professionals, local and national authorities & policy-makers, teachers and educators.