[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]The text describes Z. Nardelli's stay as a prisoner of Stalag VIII A and is marked by a period of struggle to preserve his identity in very difficult camp conditions, a period of extraordinary cultural development and great...
This year's international youth exchange Worcation, which has been taking place in the European City of Görlitz-Zgorzelec for 13 years with participation of young people from many European countries, was transferred to the online world and took place from 25 July to 7 August. The programme...
Giuseppe Gonneli was born on 01.03.1924 in Siena, Italy. While we know nothing about his youth, we can safely say that he was called up on 19 May 1943. A few months later, on 09 September 1943, he was captured by the Germans in Albano...
Lucien Hougardy was born on 13.02.1912. While we know nothing about his childhood, we do know some things about his captivity: he was drafted in 1939 at the beginning of the war, as part of the TTR (Troops of Radio Transmission). In 1940 he was...
Due to a film shooting the European Centre Memory, Education, Culture will remain closed from 27th to 30th of August 2020. ...
Renato Gargano Italian Military Internee Born in San Giorgio a Cremano (Naples) on 16.01.1923. Died in Naples on 28.01.2002. He carries out his obligatory military service in Marina in Venice. Here on 8 September 1943 he is captured by the german troops and he is conducted to Thorn in Poland....
Harold Thompson BROOK – 2 NZEF, 33rd Battery, Gunner 61316, Unit: Artillery Reinfs August 3rd,1919 (Kaitangata, New Zealand) – 27 Jan, 1945 (Stalag VIIIA Gorlitz,Germany) [caption id="attachment_14498" align="alignleft" width="960"] H. T. Brook, Cairo 1941[/caption] Harold Thompson BROOK was born in Kaitangata , a small mining town south of...
Jane Symmes aus Neuseeland besucht die Gedenkstätte Stalag VIII A als Endpunkt ihrer Reise auf den Spuren ihres Vaters Sergeant Eric George Williams. Sergeant Eric George Williams Royal Regiment of Artillery : Army Number - 905524 : Prisoner ID - 81233 Eric was a British soldier who...
On the last Friday of July, we officially finished this year’s edition of Worcation organized by Meetingpoint Music Messiaen for the eleventh time in the row. Muliti-national group of youths shared their impresions of the two-week workcamp and honoured the victims of the Stalag...
WORCATION 2018 – 14.07.-28.07.2018 - European Youth Works European History. WORCATION is an international youth exchange with the character of a workcamp. Participants live and work together. The group takes part in different workshops during the day. The workshops revolve around the the Second World...
What: Conference: Stalag VIIIA and European memory of The Second World War POWs When: 28th–29th September 2017 Where: European Centre Memory, Education, Culture The memory of The Second World War still causes strong feelings among the nations affected by it. Many topics have been discussed, many museums, memorial places and educational...
#YourSummerInGörlitzZgorzelec, WHEN: 22.07. – 05.08.2017, WHERE: Görlitz-Zgorzelec, at the border of Germany and Poland, WHAT – WORCATION = WORK + VACATION. Our Workcamp “WORCATION” means creative and international work in a historical place. The project revolves around the place, which has been almost forgotten for...