A shared digital heritage project

Then Now

One region.

Four countries.

One shared memory.

Historical photographs, present-day views and local voices — brought together in one living archive.

01 / The idea

Places change.
Memory should not disappear.

The same square, street or building can hold four different kinds of memory. We return to selected places, connect historical sources with new photographs and record the stories that still live there.

A shared method makes the collections comparable across borders. A multilingual digital platform makes them accessible well beyond the participating communities.

01 shared method

04 countries

48 places

02 / The method

Then. Now. Together.

Then

Find a historical image, document its context and listen to the people who remember.

Now

Return to the exact place, photograph its present form and make the change visible.

Together

Publish every place through one structure, in local languages and in English.

03 / The region

Four perspectives.
One common story.

Czechia

Poland

Slovakia

Hungary

04 / Current status

Project in preparation

Then ↔ Now

Places change.Memory should not disappear.

Then. Now. Together.

Then

Now

Together

Four perspectives.One common story.

The partnership is ready.The shared work comes next.

Then Now

Places change.
Memory should not disappear.

Four perspectives.
One common story.

The partnership is ready.
The shared work comes next.