International Conference
Dealing with the past, reaching the future
Historical memory in changing societies in South Africa and Germany after 1989
Panel 3: 10 am - 2 pm
Who is asking? Shaping Memory, Impeding Oblivion – The role of civil society
Introduction: Ulrike Poppe, The Protestant Academy Berlin, former civil rights activist
10.25 am - noon + 12.15 pm - 1 pm Discussion
Ilko-Sascha-Kowalczuk (Historian, Project Manager in the Department for Research and Education at the Office of the Federal Commissioner for the records of the Ministry for State Security of the former GDR), Bishop Wolfgang Huber (Chairman of the Council of the Evangelical Church in Germany), Neville Alexander and Ines Geipel (Author, former top athlete in the GDR)
Chair: Luise Tremel, Federal Agency for Civic Education, Contemporary History Projects
Who are the protagonists in the debate about remembrance? What arguments and symbols become powerful – and who can bring these into the debate? How do representatives of civil society influence the process of social transformation?
1 - 1.15 pm
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