The Truth Unveiled project brings together 5 partners from Portugal, Lithuania, Hungary, Greece and Bulgaria in a transnational effort to counter Holocaust distortion and trivialisation and strengthen young Europeans’ resilience to disinformation. The project responds to the erosion of historical facts and the rise of antisemitic narratives across Europe, moving beyond lecture-based remembrance towards an evidence-based model that combines experiential learning, gamification, prebunking, and participatory storytelling. It targets 4 main groups: upper secondary students (15-18), engaged through escape rooms, storytelling and role-play to build historical literacy and resistance to distortion; university students and young adults (19-30), trained through digital micro-games and media literacy workshops to become multipliers in education, journalism and civic life; educators and youth workers, equipped with adaptable, trauma-informed toolkits; and local communities, reached through participatory cultural events, exhibitions and storytelling sessions. The project will achieve 4 specific objectives: strengthening historical awareness and critical thinking among young people; building a transnational network of schools, universities and communities engaged in remembrance and dialogue; addressing contested national narratives, including rescue and deportation histories, through structured, multi-perspective learning modules; and fostering empathy, intercultural exchange and democratic engagement across Europe. These will be reached through school pilots, university workshops, remembrance events, public debates, an EU-level webinar, and an international co-design lab.
Key outputs include pilot activities in schools and universities, adaptable educational toolkits and lesson plans, collected and translated local testimonies, and a final open day in Portugal presenting the project’s creative youth outputs. Truth Unveiled is particularly relevant to EU priorities on Holocaust remembrance and the fight against antisemitism, establishing a sustainable, transferable model for remembrance education that strengthens democratic resilience and European solidarity.
Duration: 24 months (01 July 2026 – 30 June 2028)
Partners: DCTR – ASSOCIACAO CULTURAL (Coordinator, Portugal), Lietuvos zydu (litvaku) bendruomene (Lithuania), DEL-ALFOLDI EUROTENDER IFJUSAGI KULTURALIS OKTAT (Hungary), KOYALIA (Greece), FECE (Bulgaria).
The Truth Unveiled project is funded by the European Commission under the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) Programme.