"(Industrial) Heritage that Hurts: European Approaches to our Dark Pasts" Dietrich Soyez Universitaet zu Koeln, Germany Sun Yat-sun University, China.The protection of heritage sites is a matter of routine in most European countries, not least asto industrial heritage.However, a closer look at selection strategies, patterns of justification and interpretative approaches reveals typical deficits.The most blatant ones are (1) the almost complete absence of the tangible and intangible legacy of transnational linkages and interconnections that are so typical of the industrialisation process; (2) the inappropriaterepresentation of the darker sides of European industrialisation processes and phases-aswell as the combination of both.Consequently, the world reflected in industrial cultural projects to date can only be described as sanitized industrial heritage.The paper will analyse the background of this situation as well as suggest appropriateapproaches to address the deficits more consistently.