A legacy that truly lasts
Money and things fade – your voice and your stories remain. With e-mem you leave your family a legacy they can hear, feel and experience again and again.
A legacy is more than a will or inherited objects – it's what truly remains of a person; their stories, their voice, their view of life. e-mem helps you capture exactly that – in recordings your family can listen to for decades to come.
What does it mean to leave a legacy?
A legacy in the emotional sense is everything a person passes on to their family in values, memories and stories – independent of material inheritance. Many people wish their life story wouldn't be lost, but don't know how to capture it.
With e-mem this legacy arises quite naturally: through spoken memories that are preserved for the next generation and the one after that.
Legacy fulfillment – making the wish to be heard come true
Legacy fulfillment means fulfilling a person's last wish or quiet hope; that their own story lives on. e-mem makes this legacy fulfillment concrete and tangible.
- Pass on values and life wisdom
- Preserve family stories from being forgotten
- Preserve your own voice for grandchildren and great-grandchildren
- Capture personal messages for future generations
It's that easy
How you leave your legacy with e-mem
Whether it's your own life story, a conversation with someone special, or memories of a loved one, e-mem turns them into a personal audiobook for family and friends to keep.
Step 1
Buy the voucher
You order the voucher online, get it as a PDF in your inbox a couple of minutes later and print it out at home. No waiting for the post, no shipping costs.
Step 2
Sign up & redeem the code
Your parents or grandparents set up their own account using the code from the voucher. From then on it's their account, and there's nothing else for you to do.
Step 3
Choose a question catalog
Choose from our three question catalogs, depending on whether you want to record your own story, the story of a loved one, or the memory of a loved one.
Step 4
Record & tell
Record answers to the questions we ask, at your own pace, directly in the browser on your computer or with a tablet/smartphone. No download required.
Step 5
Preserve forever
Download your recordings or order them as a personalized USB stick in an elegant box or a picture frame.
Was andere sagen
Erfahrungen von Familien, die e-mem verschenkt haben
"Wir haben meiner Mutter zum 75. Geburtstag einen e-mem-Zugang geschenkt. Sie hat wochenlang aufgenommen und war am Ende gerührt, wie viele Erinnerungen wieder aufgekommen sind. Das Ergebnis ist unbezahlbar."
Hamburg
"Mein Großvater hat eine Geschichte, die wir als Familie nie vergessen wollen. Mit e-mem haben wir sie endlich festgehalten, in seiner eigenen Stimme. Ein Geschenk, das wirklich bleibt."
München
"Zur Goldenen Hochzeit meiner Schwiegereltern war e-mem das Schönste, was wir verschenken konnten. Sie haben die Geschichte ihrer 50 gemeinsamen Jahre erzählt, jetzt haben wir sie für immer."
Berlin
Frequently asked questions about a legacy with e-mem
What does a legacy mean in the emotional sense?
What does legacy fulfillment mean?
How can I preserve a relative's legacy?
What topics belong in a spoken legacy?
How is my legacy preserved and passed on?
Leave your legacy now.
Choose one of our personalized products – or start for free.
Digital question catalog
Unser digitaler Fragenkatalog begleitet dich Schritt für Schritt durch deine Lebensgeschichte. Die sorgfältig zusammengestellten Fragen zu Kindheit, Familie, prägenden Momenten und persönlichen Erlebnissen helfen dir,
Erinnerungen zu entfalten, die sonst vielleicht im Verborgenen geblieben wären.
Einfach Frage für Frage beantworten und mit deiner eigenen Stimme aufnehmen, was nur du erzählen kannst. Dann als fertiges Hörbuch herunterladen.
Wooden picture frame
The wooden picture frame from a European manufacturer is an elegant way to present special memories in style. With its high-quality wooden frame and glass, it impresses with a timeless, premium look.
The frame is available in white, black and dark brown. The double passe-partout gives the presentation a particularly refined effect. A photo in 10 × 15 cm format is placed in the first passe-partout (the image can be uploaded via the website), and the USB stick with the digital memories is stylishly presented in the second passe-partout.
Linen picture frame
The linen picture frame from a European manufacturer is an elegant way to present special memories in style. With its high-quality wooden frame and glass, it impresses with a timeless, premium look.
The frame is available in white, black and dark brown. The double passe-partout gives the presentation a particularly refined effect. A photo in 10 × 15 cm format is placed in the first passe-partout (the image can be uploaded via the website), and the USB stick with the digital memories is stylishly presented in the second passe-partout.
Voucher
for question catalog and picture frame
Voucher
for picture frame
Voucher
for question catalog