Project description
Reconnecting Europe’s urban memories of war
The EU-funded Re-Memorizing EUWWII project will strengthen the European Collaborative Cloud for Cultural Heritage by connecting urban sites in countries shaped by occupation, repression, resistance and memory silences. Combining historical research, digital humanities, immersive technologies and participatory practices, it will create an interoperable, FAIR-compliant collection of archival sources, oral testimonies, 3D models and semantic datasets. Nine immersive applications, including digital twins, augmented reality and virtual reality reconstructions and soundwalks. These will be developed and tested with over 1 000 users. Co-creation activities with citizens, schools, NGOs and marginalised communities will support plural narratives and participatory exhibitions. The project will also provide open-source tools and policy recommendations to transform contested WWII heritage into inclusive, reusable resources while strengthening civic participation and democratic resilience across Europe.
Objective
The URBAN MEMORIES OF WORLD WAR II AND TOTALITARIAN REGIMES – Re-Memorizing EU_WWII project strengthens the European Collaborative Cloud for Cultural Heritage (ECCCH) by creating demanding and innovative use cases. It reconnects nine urban sites across eight countries—marked by occupation, repression, resistance and memory silences—through a shared interpretive framework and interoperable digital infrastructure. The consortium combines historical scholarship, digital humanities, immersive technologies and participatory practices to ensure both scientific rigour and civic relevance.
The project will generate a FAIR-compliant corpus of more than 3 TB of archival sources, oral testimonies, 3D models and semantic datasets, aligned with ECCCH standards. Building on existing prototypes (TRL 3–4), it will deliver nine immersive applications (digital twins, AR/VR reconstructions, soundwalks) validated with over 1,000 users, progressing to TRL 6. Inclusive co-creation workshops will engage citizens, schools, NGOs and marginalised communities, producing plural narratives and participatory exhibitions.
Key outputs include a multilingual open-source toolkit for digital history and immersive education, five policy briefs informing EU strategies on democracy and culture, and partnerships with cultural and creative industries to stimulate reuse and innovation. Sustainability is secured through ≥2 MoUs with ECCCH operators and curatorial institutions, mirrored datasets in Europeana and EHRI, and a roadmap for long-term exploitation in schools, museums and municipalities.
UM-EU_WWII contributes directly to Horizon Europe Cluster 2 goals (Green, Digital, Innovative) by advancing semantic interoperability, immersive learning, and democratic resilience. It transforms contested WWII heritage into inclusive, reusable and future-proof resources that reinforce European identity, civic participation and cross-border collaboration.
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HORIZON.2.2 - Culture, creativity and inclusive society
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HORIZON-IA - HORIZON Innovation Actions
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