Widen the Circle

Widen the Circle works with people in Germany and the U.S. who are uncovering local history related to oppression and injustice and who are using the lessons of that history to create a more just world today.

We are a Boston-based organization that powerfully catalyzes the work of others by focusing on three program areas. Widen the Circle runs the Obermayer Awards, which for two decades have honored German non-Jews who commemorate and raise awareness of local Jewish communities decimated by the Nazis and fight modern antisemitism and bigotry. The Widen the Circle Network is a platform for sharing ideas, skills, and new ways to take action for activists engaged in remembrance projects and using remembrance to fight modern prejudice in Germany. Widen the Circle’s International Bridge-Building initiative brings American activists, educators, and leaders who are in the midst of some of the most important current issues involving remembrance and historic injustice in the United States to Germany to meet with counterparts in our German network. Together Germans and Americans share their knowledge in order to amplify their further work. Learn more at https://widenthecircle.org/about-us.