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The Grafenwörth Local History Society—An Important Partner for “Connecting Memories”
As a citizen science project, Connecting Memories collaborates with numerous local initiatives, associations, and motivated individuals. Today, we’d like to introduce one of them to you in more detail: For two decades now, the Grafenwörth Local History Association, under the leadership of its chairman Friedrich Ploiner, has been making a significant contribution to the study […]
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2nd Newsletter 05/2026
Dear friends of the Connecting Memories project, thank you for your interest in Connecting Memories, a transnational memory community on Nazi forced labor in Lower Austria, which is currently under development. With our newsletter, we want to keep you informed about developments in the project, but also about specific opportunities to participate in the project […]
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Dialogue with interested citizens at the Lower Austrian Museum Day
Merle Bieber and Karin Böhm presented the Connecting Memories project on March 15, 2026, at the Lower Austria Museum Day at Katzelsdorf Castle. Following the morning presentations, the “First Forum on Citizen Research in Lower Austria” took place in cooperation with the research network first. At one of the five thematic tables, Merle Bieber and […]
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Book presentation: “Making Traces Legible”-on the Nazi forced-labour camp at the Roggendorf granite works
On February 17, 2026, the book „Spuren lesbar machen“. Das NS-Zwangslager im Granitwerk Roggendorf. Neue Formen der Geschichtsaufarbeitung [Making Traces Legible: The Nazi Forced-Labour Camp at the Roggendorf Granite Works and Quarry: New Forms of Coming to Terms with the Past] (StudienVerlag, 2026; translation mine) was presented at the Vienna Wiesenthal Institute for Holocaust Studies. […]
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1st Newsletter 02/2026
Dear friends of the Connecting Memories project, thank you for your interest in Connecting Memories, a transnational memory community on Nazi forced labor in Lower Austria, which is currently under development. With our newsletter, we want to keep you informed about developments in the project, but also about specific opportunities to participate in the project […]
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Project start
Connecting Memories: Citizen Science Project Investigates Nazi Forced Labour in Lower Austria Citizens, descendants and local initiatives are invited to contribute documents, photos and memories and conduct joint research A new research project led by the University for Continuing Education Krems is dedicated to little-known aspects of Nazi forced labour in Lower Austria and aims […]