Re-Memorizing EUWWII

The URBAN MEMORIES OF WORLD WAR II AND TOTALITARIAN REGIMES – Re-Memorizing EU_WWII project strengthens the European Collaborative Cloud for Cultural Heritage (ECCCH) by creating demanding and innovative use cases. It reconnects nine urban sites across eight countries—marked by occupation, repression, resistance and memory silences—through a shared interpretive framework and interoperable digital infrastructure. The consortium combines historical scholarship, digital humanities, immersive technologies and participatory practices to ensure both scientific rigour and civic relevance. The project will generate a FAIR-compliant corpus of more than 3 TB of archival sources, oral testimonies, 3D models and semantic datasets, aligned with ECCCH standards. Building on existing prototypes (TRL 3–4), it will deliver nine immersive applications (digital twins, AR/VR reconstructions, soundwalks) validated with over 1,000 users, progressing to TRL 6. Inclusive co-creation workshops will engage citizens, schools, NGOs and marginalised communities, producing plural narratives and participatory exhibitions. Key outputs include a multilingual open-source toolkit for digital history and immersive education, five policy briefs informing EU strategies on democracy and culture, and partnerships with cultural and creative industries to stimulate reuse and innovation. Sustainability is secured through ≥2 MoUs with ECCCH operators and curatorial institutions, mirrored datasets in Europeana and EHRI, and a roadmap for long-term exploitation in schools, museums and municipalities. UM-EU_WWII contributes directly to Horizon Europe Cluster 2 goals (Green, Digital, Innovative) by advancing semantic interoperability, immersive learning, and democratic resilience. It transforms contested WWII heritage into inclusive, reusable and future-proof resources that reinforce European identity, civic participation and cross-border collaboration.