The website "Learning from History" is a publication platform
for educational projects (realized in schools and in out-of-school, youth education) dedicated to the history
of Poland and its neighbors in the 20th century.
"History at hand'

Archive of competitions

Below you will find information about previous editions of ”History at Hand” competition. The most interesting and awarded works are available as well.


"find contest submission"
Stigma of World War II - fates and memory
Year: 2009/2010
“Year 1989: the end, turning point, beginning...?”
Year: 2008/2009
”Religious life in PRL - individual, community, institution”
Year: 2005/2006
“Everyday life at the turning point 1944-45”
Year: 2004/2005
"Commemoration disputes - monuments, cemeteries, patrons"
Year: 2003/2004
“People on the move: migration, social promotion and degradation 1914-1989”
Year: 2002/2003
“A stranger among his own people. The 20th century experience”
Year: 2001/2002
“The work in PRL : for oneself, for the society, for the regime?”
Year: 2000/2001
"Family in the drama of 20th century history"
Year: 1999/2000
“The most important event in my community’s history: witnesses and testimonies”
Year: 1998/1999
"Citizen - Authority 1956-1980"
Year: 1997/1998
”Polish everyday life 1945-1956”
Year: 1996/1997
Uroki Istorii
Uroki Istorii – partnerski rosyjski portal internetowy prowadzony przez Stowarzyszenie „Memoriał”, publikujący informacje o projektach edukacyjnych dotyczących historii XX wieku, ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem doświadczenia stalinizmu i problematyki sowieckich represji. Także miejsce prezentacji konkursu dla młodzieży „Człowiek w historii. Rosja – XX i XXI wiek” – „siostrzanego” wobec polskiego konkursu „Historia Bliska”.