On 30 March 2025, a group of German and US practitioners and academics from academia, museums, memorials and civil society visited the Nuremberg Academy. Their visit was part of the “Building a Critical Memory: Transitioning from Denial to Collective Responsibility in Germany and the United States” project that brings together US and German participants in the field of remembrance culture to learn from the experiences of both countries in coming to terms with difficult histories. The group included contributors from such prominent institutions as the Carter Presidential Center, the Foundation Remembrance, Responsibility and Future (Stiftung Erinnerung, Verantwortung und Zukunft), the Leibniz Centre for Contemporary History Potsdam, the Smithsonian Institution, the Southern Poverty Law Center and the Topography of Terror Foundation, as well as representatives from major universities.
At the Academy, the group were welcomed by Director Professor Dr Christoph Safferling, Senior Officer Kiran Mohandas Menon and Project Officer Dr Emma Brandon. They presented the work of the Academy and the relevance of the Nuremberg legacy to contemporary issues. The discussion that followed covered a broad range of topics such as the role of the United States in international criminal justice, the role of international criminal justice in post-conflict transition and comparative aspects of German and US attempts to confront histories of atrocity. (km/eb)