Published 10.09.2026
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Dagesh | Rückblick: Dagesh-Netzwerktreffen anlässlich der Buchpremiere von Anna Schapiro
10–12 February 2026, Barcelona (Catalonia, Spain)
The spring workshop of the European Practitioners Network against Antisemitism (EPNA) marked a significant step in the strategic development of the network. For the first time, EPNA opened its platform beyond Europe to include member organisations from the USA, Israel and the WANA region, thereby initiating a phase of sustained internationalisation.
The workshop pursued two overarching objectives:
first, to structurally anchor EPNA’s international opening as a permanent feature of the network; and second, to further develop shared political and civil society strategies for combating antisemitism across different political and societal contexts. In doing so, the workshop aimed to strengthen transregional cooperation among practitioners and to explore how civil society responses to antisemitism can be adapted to varying political frameworks and spaces for action.
The event was realised with funding from the German Federal Foreign Office and in close cooperation with EPNA’s member organisation Mozaika, a Barcelona-based Jewish platform and cultural hub.
“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.