NESHAMA, Network of European Youth for Holocaust Remembrance
Mission, values and objectives
NESHAMA, Network of European Youth for Holocaust Remembrance, is an EU-funded project coordinated by the Shoah Memorial (Paris), bringing together students, educators and memorial institutions from five European countries.
Rooted in the values of human dignity, tolerance and democratic responsibility, the project trains young Ambassadors of Remembrance to carry forward the memory of the Holocaust and Jewish life in Europe. Through a structured educational pathway combining local engagement with sites of remembrance and transnational exchanges, NESHAMA equips younger generations with the critical thinking tools needed to recognize and resist antisemitism, discrimination and all forms of intolerance.
Both a living network and a long-term commitment, NESHAMA is set to gradually expand across all EU countries over the coming years, building a shared European culture of remembrance and civic engagement.
2025-2026 Edition
5 countries, 6 memorial sites, 13 schools, one shared mission. The 2025–2026 NESHAMA cohort brings together students and educators across Europe to learn, transmit and act against antisemitism, discrimination and forgetting.
Our Partners
Langenstein-Zwieberge Memorial
Memorial dedicated to the more than 7,000 inmates of Langenstein-Zwieberge Concentration Camp forced to build a tunnel system for an underground warplane factory, about 4,000 of whom did not survive. Today it stands as an international site of remembrance, political education, and historical research.
The Shoah Memorial
The Shoah Memorial, opened in 2005 on the site of the Memorial to the Unknown Jewish Martyr, serves as a documentation center, museum, and educational institution dedicated to preserving the history of the Shoah and its lessons for future generations.
Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum
Auschwitz was liberated by the Red Army on January 27, 1945. The Memorial Museum was officially established in 1947 by the Polish Ministry of Culture, preserving the camp site as a historical document and place of remembrance for the millions who perished there.
Jewish Museum of Athens
Founded in 1977 by Nicholas Stavroulakis, the Jewish Museum of Greece in Athens preserves over 10,000 artifacts spanning more than 2,300 years of Greek Jewish history, culture, and heritage, including a dedicated exhibition on the Holocaust.
Jasenovac Memorial Site
Established in 1968, the Jasenovac Memorial Site preserves the history of the Jasenovac concentration camp, where Serbs, Jews, Roma, and Croatian opponents were persecuted and murdered between 1941 and 1945, and delivers educational programs to help prevent such crimes from recurring.
Memorial of the Martyrs of the Deportation
Inaugurated in 1962 on the Île de la Cité in Paris, the Memorial of the Martyrs of the Deportation honors the victims of Nazi concentration camps through its evocative architecture and educational exhibition, and is officially recognized as a national site of remembrance by the French Ministry of the Armed Forces.
News
First international encounter for the Neshama Project in Paris - January 25/28 …
