Basil Kerski (Director of European Solidarity Centre); Andrzej Paczkowski (Council of the Institute of National Remembrance, Institute of Political Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Collegium Civitas) and Keith Lowe (historian, author of "Inferno: The Devastation of Hamburg" and "Savage Continent: Europe in the Aftermath of World War II") answer questions about differences between Eastern and Western European collective memory.
European Remembrance. The second Symposium of European institutions dealing with 20th-century history, Berlin, 10-12 October 2013
Almost 200 representatives from 120 institutions and non-governmental organisations focussing on 20th-century history from 23 European countries discussed the form and nature of the contemporary culture of remembrance and associated historical education.
The event was organised by European Network Remembrance and Solidarity, the Federal Foundation for the Reappraisal of the SED Dictatorship, and the European Solidarity Centre.