A digital archive for the stories of the European inhabitants of all age and cultures

The project

The project

  • The European Memories project is pleased to invite all European citizens, men and women of every age and cultural origin, to send their stories...
See the stories

See the stories

  • Autobiographical and biographical writings
  • Photo-narrations
  • Video-narrations
  • Audio-narrations
  • Other forms of expression
Send your story

Send your story

  • Through the site, by registering with the site, filling in the work description form and uploading the entries into the site (enter  and send/modify)
  • By e-mail
  • By post

Editor's Picks

Pathways through Europe (through its diversities)

Upter-Storie Università Popolare di Roma

1950s-1960s : in a FIAT 600 through a changing Europe

Mannheim, Dusseldorf, Cologne. The mantle of grey above presaged the factories. The South Italy licence plate attracted small crowds of Italian emigrants, with uncertain smiles and dialect speech, and questions, questions, a great many questions. The autobahn brought us into the Rhine Valley, a...
Upter-Storie Università Popolare di Roma

FinisTransilvaniae

Mairovitz The Country. The Fatherland We were born and raised in a spacious white house in the middle of a large garden which belonged to our father; in front of it there was another house, larger still, that was grandfather’s and then some smaller buildings such as the Stable, the Washhouse…...

Experiences of feeling part of Europe

Maria João Cardoso

Os meus Avós, Silvana e António

Esta narrativa romanceada baseia-se em factos reais, decorridos em Portugal, no Brasil e em Angola, desde meados do séc. XIX até inícios do séc. XXI. Conta a saga de duas famílias europeias e portuguesas – ambas atingidas pela emigração – que, em 1900, se reúnem no Brasil pelo casamento de dois...

O Muro de Berlim

Para lá de todos os horrores que uma guerra traz, o muro de Berlim pareceu-me de uma crueldade sem tamanho! Não só vi os meus amigos partir, como tive conhecimento da sua separação dentro do seu país.

Another Europe is possible (under construction)

Torino - Barcellona, FIAT - SEAT, La solidarietà antifranchista.
Memorial SEAT - CGIL Piemonte

Torino - Barcellona, FIAT - SEAT, La solidarietà antifranchista.

Interviste a Gianni Alasia, ex segretario della Camera del Lavoro di Torino e a Renato Lattes, ex segreterio della Fiom di Torino, in occasione del seminario "INTERNAZIONALISMO E SOLIDARIETA 1970 – 1980" tenutosi a Barcellona il 17 ottobre 2008. September 28, 2008 Seminari “Internac...
Upter-Storie Università Popolare di Roma

The Promised Land Journey into the Struggle of the Sem Terra

It is the early hours of a very hot August afternoon in the assentamento Vila Esperança; outside his hut Antonio is bent over a map; he tells us the stories of the struggles of the encampment where he and his family have been living for years. He describes the places, explains property lines men...

Next Activities

Final event 10-12 September more about Next activities

 The “Narrating Europe” competition award ceremony will take place among the final event of the Pieve Santo Stefano prize; an event of national and European importance.

GR Workshop - Living Memory in Europe more about Next activities

Workshop Topic : Living Memory in Europe.  Narration and writing about oneself as a form of Active Citizenship in Europe.  Date of Workshop : from 07/09/2010 to 12/09/2010                   Workshop Location : Pieve di Santo Stefano (provi...

Highlights

The Award 2009-2010

Winners Narrating Europe 2009 - 2010

Dear Friends, We are pleased to announce that the selection process for the European Memories Prize has been concluded.  The two-tier selection process – national and European – has resulted in the selection of three winning entries and seven “special mentions” from amongst the 21 entries selected by the national juries.

GR Workshop - Living Memory in Europe

Workshop Topic : Living Memory in Europe.  Narration and writing about oneself as a form of Active Citizenship in Europe.  Date of Workshop : from 07/09/2010 to 12/09/2010                   Workshop Location : Pieve di Santo Stefano (provi...

Methodology

In this section we are collecting documentation on auto-biographical methods, according to the different approaches. To develop the skills of project participants on methodologies, for to realize autobiographical works, or collect life stories.
Here you can find:

  •   Documentation on the cultural work with memory, as a tool for the development of social and civic competences of citizens.
  •   Documentation on methodologies for to realize autobiographical works, or collect life stories, trougth different forms of expression.
  •   Educational products, created through the use of life histories and autobiographical stories.
Methodology

Organizations working in the field of memory in Europe