Wer ist Walter? Resistance against Nazism in Europe
The international project “Wer ist Walter? Resistance against Nazism in Europe” was realized between 2022 and 2024 by crossborder factory, the History Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina, CIFE – Centre international de formation européenne, and the Jasenovac Memorial Site, with the support of the Foundation Remembrance, Responsibility and Future (EVZ) and the Federal Ministry of Finance (BMF) as part of the Education Agenda NS-Injustice.
The project involved the organisation of several workshops and conferences in Sarajevo, Zagreb, Jasenovac, Nice, and Berlin, in cooperation with a group of 12 researchers and curators working in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, France and Germany. Its aim was to strengthen the exchange and knowledge about resistance to Nazism, fascism, occupation and collaboration in Europe duirng Wolrd War II and how it has been dealt with since 1945, especially in museums, with a focus on the mentioned countries. You can find more information about the project here.
The project resulted in 3 outputs:
The scientific publication “Wer ist Walter? International Perspectives on Resistance in Europe during World War II”, ed. by Elma Hasimbegovic, Nicolas Moll and Ivo Pejakovic, Sarajevo: History Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2024, 696 pages, also accessible as pdf
The educational digital platform “Wer ist Walter? 100 stories about resistance in Europe during World War II”: https://weristwalter.eu/
The new permanent exhibition “Wer ist Walter? Topography of antifascist resistance in Bosnia and Herzegovina 1941-1945” which you can visit at the History Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Sarajevo.