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Create a world where empathy doesn’t stop at political and geographical borders.
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Open History Project is an international oral history project that aims to create a multilingual database of interviews with historical and eye witnesses. Contemporary oral history is preserved and political and social events are documented.
We are creating a network of community builders that actively promote community participation, freedom of speech and opinion, and access to a diversity of views. We want to promote the unheard voices, as well as broaden the range of discussion and present alternative views to social issues.
Open History Project’s Mission Explained on German Radio
NDR1 interviews cofounder Lena Dorfschmidt on Open History Project and Karl Kübel Stiftung’s Fairwandler Prize for journalistic engagement.
Open History Project is awarded the 2016 Fairwandler Prize for Journalistic Engagement
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German History – a Personal Chronicle
“Whenever things got dicey, then we gathered together, held a service and prayed for protection. But to see the...
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Small Steps in a Big Flood
Since even to go on foot to the affected area is very difficult, it is very hard to carry...
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Imagined Homeland
I still recognize myself as Karenni. I think, since - compared to people who live in camp - I...
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I’d like to Share my Story
Neh Reh shared his story as a guest Storyteller for Open History Project. My name is Neh Reh....
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Proudly Preserving Indian Heritage
“So the women just sat down in the streets. Two hundred, three hundred women just sitting, playing their drums,...
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To protect the Ethnic People
“It is an unforgettable memory that we were tortured by them. It made me decide to fight until I...
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For My Family’s Future
“As for me, I do not know and understand much about politics. The situation is not stable. If we...
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No Trust in the Ceasefire
“I don’t believe in . But even if during our lifetime there is not success I wish that the...
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A Different Fight
“I don’t want people to call me a refugee. I don’t want to be a refugee. I like to...
PERFECT FOR ORGANIZING YOUR COMMUNITY
Open History Project brings together schools, universities, organizations and communities around the world for learning and sharing.
LEARNING THROUGH FIRST HAND EXPERIENCES
Bring language and culture of the world to your classroom.
Open History Project provides intercultural educational opportunities. We developed a interactive workshop for school classes and youth groups to learn about the importance of history and the role of media in covering – or not covering – stories.
Students are introduced to the idea of citizen journalism and get set up with the skills to conduct their own oral history project in their local communities. The workshop encourages active citizen participation and helps to document local knowledge and history.
Let your class get connected to an international network of storyteller!
Sign up to see how your class can participate.
DISCOVERING HISTORY, LANGUAGE AND CULTURE
Local Topics, Global Conversations
FROM LOCAL TO GLOBAL
Does your community face troubles or has concerns related to current social or political trends?
Open History Project invites you to document events in your community – from the perspective of local people that live it. Share you local stories and knowledge with the world, raise awareness and create understanding.
Let’s create a world where empathy doesn’t stop at political or geographical borders!
Sign up to see how your community can participate.
STORIES TO CONNECT THE WORLD
Bring Local History and Knowledge to the World
PRESERVING LOCAL HERITAGE
Our communities are full of historical witnesses and local experts – a heritage that is too often forgotten. Open History Project helps your community preserve local knowledge and experiences for future generations. Young and old work together to discover a past that should be preserved for future generations – active citizenship and multi-generational encounters bringing your community together.
Set up your own oral history project in your area and make local stories accessible to a global community.
Contemporary history is an important part of identity. Let’s take it back!
Sign up to see how your community can participate.
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION BECOMES MULTIGENERATIONAL
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The Open History Project gives marginalized voices and visions a platform. It removes borders between North and South, and makes it clear that people around the world are protagonists of their own history and that injustice, violence, poverty and human rights violations do not stop at the borders. The project conveys a global perspective on stories that are based on human similarities rather than differences, which is innovative and has a high resonance.
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I want to tell you that this project is very interesting and I’m very glad to help! Keep up the good work 😉
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I think it’s very important to translate Open History Project stories, and I am happy to contribute.
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