The project focuses on victims of the Nazis and on ethnic groups affected by post-war forced resettlement. It creates a rich database of victims of the Nazis and of people affected by postwar resettlement between Czechoslovakia and Hungary and connects them to the places they have once lived in.
The project´s added value is its focus on the Hungarian minority in Slovakia, living together with the majority population in mixed territories, and border changes after the war. The number of witnesses from this target group is declining sharply and it is therefore necessary to do the research in this area as soon as possible in order to preserve valuable material. Myths and negative stereotypes towards those who have been victims to Nazis, nationalism, etc. are still alive in the Slovak society. The aim of the project is to to make historical knowledge more attractive and accessible to the public through personal stories.
The project has 2 parts: activities focused on „Stolpersteine“ – memorial brass plates commemorating individual victims of the Nazis (Jews, resistance fighters, etc.) placed in front of the victim's house depicting his/her name and fate. We will carry out accompanying research on the fate of the family and their story and create a web-database presenting the story of each family/individual in a visually attractive form with biographical data, with personal photographs and other artifacts and/or with audiovisual accessories (film, radio report) and other media references. We will arrange placing of around 60 brass plates in around 15 locations/cities in Slovakia. The second part of the project is audiovisual processing of testimonials of individuals remembering coexistence of different ethnic groups (German, Hungarian, Slovak), who were forcibly relocated after the war.
Methodology for schools on how to work with these topics and how to use the videos in schools will be created as a part of the project.