The Memorial Sites collection is about the landmarks of modern Europe: places that are deeply rooted in the national memory but that also forged the Europe we know today. The fourth series is dedicated to "secret places" - places that have remained completely or almost unknown for a long time, but that played a significant role in the history of the 20th Century: the small Greek Island “Yaros” which was used by the military junta as a place of detention for political adversaries, the sauna in Helsinki where the former Finnish president Urho Kekkonen liked to invite his American and Russian colleagues for negotiations, or the secret bunker in Slovenia  where  top leaders of Communist Party of Yugoslavia planned to hide in case of a nuclear war…

The first series brought together nine broadcasters to report about industrial sites such as Nokia in Finland, the Lego factory in Denmark, or the workers’ town of Nowa Huta in Poland. The second series, involving seven broadcasters, was about socio-political sites such as the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, the "free city" of Christiania in Copenhagen, or the Gdansk shipyards. And the third series portrayed famous infrastructures such as bridges, dams, harbours or housing projects in various parts of Europe.

Produced by the education departments of EBU member broadcasters, the 28-minute documentaries
are aimed at teenage and adult viewers. They are based on strong editorial choices: contemporary witnesses, archives and contemporary footage and the narrative positions the site within its European
context.

Based on the "make one, take all" co-production format, each broadcaster produces one episode at its own cost and receives all the others for free. The guidance of an executive producer guarantees the editorial coherence of the series.

Broadcasters are welcome to join the fourth series and/or to produce additional episodes for the previous series and will receive the existing series for free. Individual episodes from the previous series are also for sale.

For free access to information about all Memorial Sites IV episodes, please click here...