Published 10.09.2026
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Dagesh | Rückblick: Dagesh-Netzwerktreffen anlässlich der Buchpremiere von Anna Schapiro
The CPPD brings together 100 artists, scientists, journalists and activists with over 250 organisations. In 2025, its work focused on postcolonial memory and the Vietnamese diaspora in Germany, with an exhibition space that toured Europe.
With the European Congress ‘The Times They Are A-Changin’’, the ‘Memory Matters’ festival in Halle, Rostock and Chemnitz, and our Plural Remembrance Calendar, addresses a wide range of topics related to plural memory culture. The festivals in eastern Germany in particular showed that plural memory strengthens democratic structures and acts as a mode of social participation.
This brief review of the year shows pictures and impressions from the past year and provides insights into our festivals, events and Dynamic Memory Labs in Berlin, Halle, Rostock, Chemnitz, Madrid and Zurich.
In 2026, the CPPD intends to continue our work and further expand the impact through stronger cooperation, new formats for exchange, and targeted support where civil society is particularly challenged. Under the heading Voices Rising, we are planning the next European festivals, networking meetings, workshops, and further Dynamic Memory Labs.
Video: Andreas Daniel Jakob
“Historical responsibility cannot be voted away.” With these words, the Buchenwald and Mittelbau-Dora Memorials Foundation called on the federal and state governments last Sunday to legally safeguard the independence of memorial sites – particularly in Saxony-Anhalt – by: through funding structures that ensure these institutions remain operational even in the event of a politically motivated withdrawal of state funding; through the targeted involvement of smaller memorial sites and local initiatives; and through the expansion of existing networks for joint educational work, legal advice and public support in the event of attacks on the institutions and their staff.