What happens when a question about family history is met with silence? For young people across Europe, it becomes the start of a journey. 'Sound in the Silence' is an international remembrance project that brings students and artists together at historically challenging places to turn trauma into understanding, using writing, voice and movement.
Developed by the European Network Remembrance and Solidarity (ENRS) and Motte, with artistic director Dan Wolf, the project gives young people new ways to look at the history of Europe, their nations and their regions. They also work out their own perception of reality and find tools to express it. It is more than an artistic workshop. It is a space to reflect on values, counter exclusion and build an international community of empathetic leaders.
Since 2011, the project has visited places including Neuengamme, Ravensbrück, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Gusen-Mauthausen, Bunker Valentin, Kaunas 9th Fort, Jasenovac, Bucharest and Pitești, Pruszków, Warsaw, Gdańsk and Guernica in the Basque Country.
Learn more about the project: enrs.eu/sound-in-the-silence