WürdesacheEncounter · Understand · ActWürdesache means “a matter of dignity”.
An association for remembrance, education and encounter
Würdesache is building lasting remembrance and education work. We are developing teacher training, learning opportunities for young people, meaningful encounters and dignified commemoration — together with others.
Read our concept paper (English PDF)“Human dignity shall be inviolable.”
Human dignity stands at the beginning of Germany’s Basic Law. It is our starting point, too: remembrance should strengthen respect, responsibility and practical action.
Core program · professional development
We are developing seminars that help teachers recognize antisemitism and put humanity into practice — in the classroom and beyond.
Core program · professional development
We are developing seminars that help teachers recognize antisemitism and put humanity into practice — in the classroom and beyond.
Professional-development program in development · inquiries and pilot partnerships welcomeSeminars will combine historical grounding with present-day examples. Teachers will practice recognizing antisemitic statements, setting clear boundaries, supporting those affected, and seeking specialist help.
Teachers will bring age-appropriate activities into their classes: listening carefully, questioning prejudice, recognizing exclusion, and respecting boundaries. No student should have to disclose a personal experience or speak for an entire community.
Planned practice includes responding to an exclusionary remark, safely getting help, supporting a classmate, and shaping a small remembrance or community project. Afterwards, the group reflects on what changed — at school, online, or beyond the classroom.
Five connected areas of work
Planned professional learning combines historical context with peer exchange and space for difficult questions about Holocaust education, antisemitism and human dignity. Short guides, discussion prompts and classroom examples are intended to help teachers adapt the learning to their classes and use digital media responsibly.
Planned values seminars and age-appropriate learning activities will connect dignity, respect and critical judgment with practical action. Values education can begin in primary school; focused historical remembrance work is intended for grade 9 and above.
Facilitated encounters, exchanges and shared projects should help young people with different experiences listen to one another and learn together. Educational and encounter journeys are a future area of work, with preparation, safeguarding and reflection built into their development.
Commemorative events and ceremonies should center the dignity of those persecuted and murdered, the perspectives of their families, and the history of each place. With consent and careful context, survivors’ stories should remain present for generations to come.
Würdesache seeks to connect existing knowledge and experience rather than create parallel structures. We welcome dialogue with schools, memorial institutions, Jewish communities, youth organizations and other experienced partners. Cooperation will be developed together; it is not assumed or claimed in advance.
Current development
Looking ahead: encounters, learning and remembrance
Current development
The first program line centers historically grounded Holocaust education, antisemitism, human dignity, testimony, sensitive learning settings, and responsible digital media. Schools and specialist institutions can inquire about the pilot phase.
Discuss a pilot partnershipAvigdor Neumann will be in Germany from 5–8 October 2026. Institutional contributions to remembrance and educational work are being coordinated; no public event is currently confirmed. Individual or private meetings with Avigdor are not offered.
Ask about institutional cooperationAlongside teacher development, we want to build further ways to connect learning, encounter and practical responsibility. Partners, dates, funding and the scope of these initiatives have not yet been agreed.
Work to date
These documented encounters took place before Würdesache was founded. They inform our work, but were not projects of the new association.
Work to date
These documented encounters took place before Würdesache was founded. They inform our work, but were not projects of the new association.
Avigdor Neumann · signed personal statement of support · 2 September 2026“I hope this work will encourage them not only to remember, but also to recognize the dignity of every human being.”
More than 200 students heard Avigdor Neumann by video, with additional Bavarian schools joining. The published report records the students’ questions and reflections.
Read the school report Also reported in Kreisbote · 8 April 2025Avigdor Neumann and Max Volpert spoke with Class 8A about persecution and survival. The school documented the historical context and the conversation with students.
Read the school documentationFurther records are being consolidated. We publish reach figures only when the underlying documentation is complete.
One project in practice
One project in practice
This short clip shows a presentation of the “Avigdor” project in Israel. For Würdesache, VR is one possible educational tool — with preparation, a genuine choice to participate, safeguards and shared reflection.
The clip is not the full 360° film. A Würdesache school program in Germany is still in development.Associations, youth groups, congregations and other organized groups can also enquire about an educationally guided screening with VR headsets. We discuss the audience, group size, venue, equipment, costs, preparation and follow-up personally. An enquiry is not a booking confirmation; an offer follows once use and delivery arrangements are agreed. For minors, focused remembrance education is intended from grade 9.
Enquire about a group screeningThe full VR film “Avigdor” was produced by Triumph of the Spirit (Nitzcha Haruach). Würdesache is preparing its educational use in Germany with the relevant rights holders; a formal use and operating agreement has not yet been concluded.
Learn about Triumph of the Spirit74 seconds · original clip with English subtitles · supplied via Bila Nuiman; film credit: Spokesperson’s Division, President’s Residence. Poster photograph: Yossi Zeliger.
The clip shows Avigdor Neumann at a project presentation, in conversation, and in the context of a VR demonstration. Other participants try the headsets. This introduces an existing implementation in Israel; it is neither the full 360° film nor a completed Würdesache school program.
The original clip is hosted directly on this website. No autoplay and no external video player.
Supporters
Supporters
Avigdor Neumann and Bila Nuiman support this purpose in personal, signed statements dated 2 September 2026. Their voices encourage us to connect remembrance with responsibility in the present.
Personal support does not constitute an institutional partnership or a commitment to specialist advice. We welcome people who can contribute knowledge, connections, or funding.Support Würdesache“Remembrance has meaning when it strengthens respect, responsibility and humanity in the present.”
Our concept paper · PDF
Explore the association’s purpose, educational approach and proposed first-year programme — and how your support can help bring them to life.
Programme and budget figures describe the proposed plan, not completed activities or confirmed funding.Speak with Würdesache
Schools, educators, youth groups, memorial institutions and prospective partners can contact the association directly. We welcome questions, ideas and specialist input.