EUSTORY and Young Europeans

Photo: David Ausserhofer

The EUSTORY history competitions encourage young people to look for traces of history in their immediate environment. The students thus examine and consider history from different perspectives and draw their own conclusions. They liberate themselves from prejudices and develop the ability to think critically. In that way they lay the foundations for active participation in civic society.
The critical confrontation with controversial aspects of European history is the basis of the EUSTORY youth encounters, where prize winners from all national history competitions meet. Working with peers, they learn to respect this diversity and to see themselves through the eyes of others. This leads to openness, understanding and tolerance in relation with others and foreigners.