Lessons Learned from 25 Years of Resistance and Remembrance History Is Now
In the fight for social justice, there is no motivator like memory. As long as an injustice is remembered, it can begin to be righted. This is why ICSC works with thousands of communities each year to preserve and share the memories of the marginalized at individual and collective levels. By remembering and sharing the experiences of those who lived under totalitarianism or its shadow, communities can better identify threats to democracy and the tools they need to safeguard it. Here are just a few ways ICSC is working to make that happen today.
Founded in 1995, the Memorial Centre at Perm-36 – one of ICSC’s founding members – preserved and shared stories from the only surviving camp from Stalin’s gulag era. In 2014, the Russian government removed the Centre from the site and established in its place a state institution that drastically changed the site’s mission, presenting it now as a vital component of the Soviet victory in World War II. Despite this change of events, with support from ICSC, the founders of the original Memorial Centre Perm-36 have developed a virtual museum in its place that can be visited here .
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