In April and May 2025, Europe will commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe. Yet, can this anniversary serve as a unifying moment for the continent?

The European History Forum of 2025 will explore the end of the war as experienced in various countries across Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. The discussions will address shifts in both official and societal discourses about 1945 over recent decades, particularly in light of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Additionally, the forum will examine the political visions of resistance movements against the Axis powers and the legal and societal processes of reckoning with war crimes in the post-war period.

With

Jaroslav Hrytsak, Catholic University, Lviv

Claudia Weber, European University Viadrina, Frankfurt/O.

et al.

Participation on site at the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung Conference Center, Schumannstr. 8, 10117 Berlin

Please register in advance.

Alternatively, you can follow the event via the livestream without registering.

Please register here:
https://calendar.boell.de/en/event/1945-2025-80-years-narratives-about-end-world-war-ii