The growing nationalism in Europe and around the world counteracts open and tolerant interaction between people. Fears are fueled and differences are distorted and emphasized. The retreat into a supposedly ethnically and culturally homogeneous nations represents a mistaken approach to the challenges of a globalized world. It is important to recognize that the experiences of the Second World War and the Holocaust form the foundation of our value system to this day. However, the distance to this time keeps increasing. Memories fade and contemporary witnesses die out. In the course of this removal of insightful experiences and current global developments, values such as human rights, democracy, freedom and tolerance are increasingly questioned and attacked. In our project we wanted to take up this tension with a view to the personal background of our participants as well as current social and political developments.The project was originally designed as two-part seminar in which young people from Germany and Israel were supposed to be involved. The first part of the project was to be carried out in Israel and the second in Germany. We are guided by several pedagogical principles in our work. We see our seminars as a space for personal encounter and dialogue. We work in a diversity-conscious manner. The program was designed in such a way that the young people would get to know each other in their individual diversity and question national and religious stereotypes. The aim was for the participants to overcome lines of difference and recognize commonalities. The Israeli group was supposed to consist of half participants with a Jewish and half a Muslim background. With regard to religion, we planned to enter into an exchange about stereotypes and prejudices, to talk about historical events and to discuss their relevance for our present day.Together with the group from Germany, we assumed a variety of religious backgrounds, a fact that we definitely wanted to address. In terms of content, it was essentially about working together on a social or political topic. The participants should get involved in various aspects of the topic (historical background, social significance in today's world, social consequences, controversial positions) and learn to recognize and understand the core or the problems of the topic in Germany, Israel and the world. You should be aware of your own interests in this matter and form your own judgment. Ultimately, we wanted the participants to develop skills in order to be able to act and be active according to their judgment. At the end, the participants should develop ideas on how the situation in our societies can be changed and what personal contribution they can make to it. The seminar should be process-oriented towards the interests and developments in the group in order to promote a holistic and subject-oriented learning process. Non-formal education and its principle of subject orientation focus on the participants with their opinions, skills and interests. It remains the task of the organizers and facilitators to use methods that create articulation spaces for participants and enable exchange. At the same time, they should follow the process, i.e. on feedback and react to needs from the group and adapt the program if necessary. The focus on the group and their interaction with each other should enable us to pick up topics that are directly relevant for the group and enable access to a personal level. Reaching the personal level was a very important goal, because only there will lasting change take place: only when participants can relate themselves (their thoughts, feelings, their living environment) to the topic can lasting insights be gained. We wanted to make the subject as broad as possible and to enable methodologically different approaches. Diversity also plays a role here: the program should be very diverse. In addition to the application of our non-formal methods and regular rounds of reflection, we planned to visit places of remembrance, organizations and meet relevant social and political actors.