No matter how much we would like to believe the opposite, wars are not a matter of the past but of the present: they unfold before our eyes here and now. To interpret their meaning and understand the evil they bring, we nevertheless continuously draw on the experiences of previous generations and how they dealt with being victims, witnesses, and sometimes willing and unwilling perpetrators of wars. Coming to terms with the past also means processing the affective impact of violence. What feelings may emerge in this process? Whose feelings play a role in this process and why? Can we understand the feelings of people in the past?
 
Polina Aronson, the CRC's Public Relations Officer, moderates the discussion with historian and co-founder of the Russian NGO Memorial International Irina Shcherbakova, and Svetlana Müller, director of PANDA Platforma, a cultural initiative particularly for artists and performers from the former USSR.

The event will be held in German.