Review of the first edition of Neshama (2025-2026)

Launched in Paris in April 2025, the first edition of the project of European young ambassadors for Shoah memory, NESHAMA (Network of European Youth for Holocaust Remembrance) was completed in the summer of 2026.

Coordinated by the Shoah Memorial, with the support of the European Commission as part of the European Union’s strategy to combat antisemitism and promote Jewish life, Neshama is based on a consortium of eight partner institutions:

Germany: Memorial of the Langenstein-Zwieberge concentration camp
Croatia: Jasenovac Memorial & Ministry of Science, Education and Youth
France: Shoah Memorial & Deportation Martyrs' Memorial
Greece: Jewish Museum of Greece & Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs
Poland: Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum

Legends:

Photograph 1: Croatian ambassador Eleni Šijaković, reading the testimony I Wanted to Fly Like a Butterfly by Hannah Gofrit, during the holocaust Remembrance Day commemorations in Brussels – January 21^st , 2025.

Photograph 2: German delegation of young Neshama Ambassadors visiting the site of the © Langenstein-Zwieberge Concentration Camp Memorial – April 22^nd, 2025.

Photograph 3: Official signing of the agreement establishing the European Network of Young Ambassadors of Holocaust Remembrance (NESHAMA) at the Hôtel de Brienne in Paris, under the chairmanship of Mrs. Patricia Mirallès, Minister Delegate for Remembrance and Veterans of France – April 29^th, 2025.

Nearly 250 students, teachers and partners participated in this exceptional program, marked by two meetings in Paris in January 2026 and in Oswiecim in March 2026, online meetings with historians as well as major witnesses and events in each of the countries concerned.

Event D.1.3 – April 29th 2025

1st online joint-training session – introductory history of the Holocaust in Europe – 6 May 2025

2nd online joint-training session – Gender perspective of the Holocaust – 21 November 2025

3rd online joint-training session – Jewish life -11 March 2026

1st online testimonial meeting with a great witness related to the Holocaust – September 26, 2025

2nd online testimonial meeting with a great witness of the Holocaust – 5 November 2025

3rd online testimonial meeting with a great witness of the Holocaust – 1 December 2025

4th online testimonial meeting with a European personality related to the Holocaust – 6 May 2026

1st Encounter of the first Young European Ambassadors promotion in Paris – 25-28 January 2026

4th online training session – Holocaust remembrance – 15 April 2026

Auschwitz-Birkenau meeting with the first promotion of Neshama Ambassadors. – 15-18 March 2026

Online closing ceremony – May 12th, 2026

Legends:

Photograph 1: Polish Ambassadors, visiting different departments of the Auschwitz state Museum – June 12^th, 2025.

Photograph 2: Neshama ambassadors listening to Holocaust survivor and President of the Union of Auschwitz Deportees, Arlette Testyler’s testimony at the Carreau du Temple during the First international meeting of the Neshama network in Paris – January 25^th, 2026.

Photograph 3: French students presenting their work to their European counterparts during the First international meeting of the Neshama network in Drancy – January ^26th, 2026.

Legends:

Photograph 1: Wreath-laying by young Neshama Ambassadors at the International Monument to the Victims of Auschwitz in Auschwitz II-Birkenau during the second international encounter of the Neshama network in Oświęcim – March 17^th, 2026.

Photograph 2: Mr. Piotr Cywiński, Director of the Auschwitz State Museum, presenting "Ambassadors of Remembrance" diploma to the Greek delegation of the Neshama project during the second international meeting of the Neshama network in Oświęcim in Oświęcim – March 17^th, 2026.

Photograph 3: German young Neshama Ambassadors presenting their activities. © Langenstein-Zwieberge Concentration Camp Memorial – June 26^th, 2026.

Beyond the acquisition of new knowledge about the Holocaust and Jewish life in Europe, the young ambassadors of the Neshama project have made a concrete commitment to history, memory and transmission from a local, national and European perspective. They will continue this citizen journey in collaboration with partner institutions.

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Review of the first edition of Neshama (2025-2026)

Legends:

Photograph 1: Croatian ambassador Eleni Šijaković, reading the testimony I Wanted to Fly Like a Butterfly by Hannah Gofrit, during the holocaust Remembrance Day commemorations in Brussels – January 21^st , 2025.

Photograph 2: German delegation of young Neshama Ambassadors visiting the site of the © Langenstein-Zwieberge Concentration Camp Memorial – April 22^nd, 2025.

Legends:

Photograph 1: Polish Ambassadors, visiting different departments of the Auschwitz state Museum – June 12^th, 2025.

Photograph 2: Neshama ambassadors listening to Holocaust survivor and President of the Union of Auschwitz Deportees, Arlette Testyler’s testimony at the Carreau du Temple during the First international meeting of the Neshama network in Paris – January 25^th, 2026.

Photograph 3: French students presenting their work to their European counterparts during the First international meeting of the Neshama network in Drancy – January ^26th, 2026.

Legends:

Photograph 1: Wreath-laying by young Neshama Ambassadors at the International Monument to the Victims of Auschwitz in Auschwitz II-Birkenau during the second international encounter of the Neshama network in Oświęcim – March 17^th, 2026.

Photograph 2: Mr. Piotr Cywiński, Director of the Auschwitz State Museum, presenting "Ambassadors of Remembrance" diploma to the Greek delegation of the Neshama project during the second international meeting of the Neshama network in Oświęcim in Oświęcim – March 17^th, 2026.

Photograph 3: German young Neshama Ambassadors presenting their activities. © Langenstein-Zwieberge Concentration Camp Memorial – June 26^th, 2026.

Also to be seen

With Assistance from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany

Supported by the German Federal Ministry of Finance

Review of the first edition of Neshama (2025-2026)

Legends:

Photograph 1: Croatian ambassador Eleni Šijaković, reading the testimony I Wanted to Fly Like a Butterfly by Hannah Gofrit, during the holocaust Remembrance Day commemorations in Brussels – January 21st , 2025.

Photograph 2: German delegation of young Neshama Ambassadors visiting the site of the © Langenstein-Zwieberge Concentration Camp Memorial – April 22nd, 2025.

Legends:

Photograph 1: Polish Ambassadors, visiting different departments of the Auschwitz state Museum – June 12th, 2025.

Photograph 2: Neshama ambassadors listening to Holocaust survivor and President of the Union of Auschwitz Deportees, Arlette Testyler’s testimony at the Carreau du Temple during the First international meeting of the Neshama network in Paris – January 25th, 2026.

Photograph 3: French students presenting their work to their European counterparts during the First international meeting of the Neshama network in Drancy – January 26th, 2026.

Legends:

Photograph 1: Wreath-laying by young Neshama Ambassadors at the International Monument to the Victims of Auschwitz in Auschwitz II-Birkenau during the second international encounter of the Neshama network in Oświęcim – March 17th, 2026.

Photograph 2: Mr. Piotr Cywiński, Director of the Auschwitz State Museum, presenting "Ambassadors of Remembrance" diploma to the Greek delegation of the Neshama project during the second international meeting of the Neshama network in Oświęcim in Oświęcim – March 17th, 2026.

Photograph 3: German young Neshama Ambassadors presenting their activities. © Langenstein-Zwieberge Concentration Camp Memorial – June 26th, 2026.

Also to be seen

Photograph 1: Croatian ambassador Eleni Šijaković, reading the testimony I Wanted to Fly Like a Butterfly by Hannah Gofrit, during the holocaust Remembrance Day commemorations in Brussels – January 21^st , 2025.

Photograph 2: German delegation of young Neshama Ambassadors visiting the site of the © Langenstein-Zwieberge Concentration Camp Memorial – April 22^nd, 2025.

Photograph 1: Polish Ambassadors, visiting different departments of the Auschwitz state Museum – June 12^th, 2025.

Photograph 2: Neshama ambassadors listening to Holocaust survivor and President of the Union of Auschwitz Deportees, Arlette Testyler’s testimony at the Carreau du Temple during the First international meeting of the Neshama network in Paris – January 25^th, 2026.

Photograph 3: French students presenting their work to their European counterparts during the First international meeting of the Neshama network in Drancy – January ^26th, 2026.

Photograph 1: Wreath-laying by young Neshama Ambassadors at the International Monument to the Victims of Auschwitz in Auschwitz II-Birkenau during the second international encounter of the Neshama network in Oświęcim – March 17^th, 2026.

Photograph 2: Mr. Piotr Cywiński, Director of the Auschwitz State Museum, presenting "Ambassadors of Remembrance" diploma to the Greek delegation of the Neshama project during the second international meeting of the Neshama network in Oświęcim in Oświęcim – March 17^th, 2026.

Photograph 3: German young Neshama Ambassadors presenting their activities. © Langenstein-Zwieberge Concentration Camp Memorial – June 26^th, 2026.