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EHRI Partner | Six Extraordinary Testimonies of Survivors of Italy's "Black Saturday", 16 October 1943

17/11/2021

Last month, EHRI's Italian partner the Foundation Jewish Contemporary Documentation Center CDEC published six extraordinary testimonies of survivors of the rounding up of Jews on October 16th, 1943 - the infamous “Black Saturday”, an indelible event in the memory of the Roman Jews.

The testimonies, recorded on five 33 vinyl discs, were recently found by Laura Brazzo, Head of the CDEC Archive and the CDEC Digital Library, during a re-organization of the CDEC Archive.

JDC Archives

2022 JDC Archives Fellowship Program

17/11/2021

The JDC Archives is pleased to announce that it is accepting applications for its 2022 fellowship program. In 2022, 6-7 fellowships will be awarded to senior scholars, postdoctoral researchers, graduate students, and independent researchers to conduct research in the JDC Archives, either in New York or in Jerusalem.

Research topics in the fields of twentieth century Jewish history, modern history, social welfare, migration, and humanitarian assistance will be considered, as well as other areas of academic research covered in the JDC archival collections.

What is an ERIC

The EHRI-PP General Partner Meeting Showed Important Progress towards a Permanent European Research Infrastructure Consortium

11/11/2021

Towards a Secure Future for a European Holocaust Research Infrastructure: Shaping EHRI-ERIC

The fourth General Partner Meeting (GPM) of the European Holocaust Research Infrastructure - Preparatory Phase (EHRI-PP) project took place on 3-4 November 2021. Several dozen participants from 25 partner institutions and 17 countries as well as guests discussed the progress of the project since the last GPM, but especially where it is today and what the next tasks and goals of the project are. Due to the ongoing pandemic, the meeting was held online again.

Presentations and discussions during separate workshops showed that project partners, as national coordinators, are making steady progress in securing the support of countries for the future EU-designed European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC).

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Call for Papers | Yad Vashem Research Workshop | The Post-War Period As Reflected Through Art

29/10/2021

Call for Papers: Research Workshop

Diana and Eli Zborowski Centre for the Study of the Aftermath of the Holocaust and The Museums Division, Yad Vashem invite proposals for a scholarly workshop on the topic of:

The post-war period as reflected through Art

Location: Yad Vashem, Jerusalem, Israel

Date: October 25-26, 2022

Survivors of the Holocaust produced powerful works using different means that record or reflect on their experiences. In the months and years following their liberation a number of survivors who were artists turned to their craft in order to work through their past, rebuild their emotional worlds and commemorate their losses.

EHRI Document Blog Left Behind

EHRI Document Blog: Left Behind – A Belgian Project Opening up Little Known Holocaust Histories as Well as New Tools

28/10/2021

In the latest EHRI Document Blog, Veerle Vanden Daelen en Dorien Styven from Kazerne Dossin in Belgium tell the story of the innovative project Left Behind.

Call For Papers | Connected Histories | First EHRI-AT Conference

Call For Papers | Connected Histories | First EHRI-AT Conference

22/10/2021

EHRI partner, the Vienna Wiesenthal Institute for Holocaust Studies and the Department of Contemporary History at the University of Innsbruck are happy to announce the first EHRI-AT Conference on May 23-25, 2022.

The conference will be dedicated to Connected Histories. Memories and Narratives of the Holocaust in the Digitial Space

Important steps towards a permanent EHRI organisation headquartered in the Netherlands

20/10/2021

This week the EHRI Board of Governmental Representatives (BGR) held its second full meeting and took important steps towards establishing EHRI as a permanent European organisation in the form of a European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC).

Malmö International Forum on Holocaust Remembrance and Combating Antisemitism.

Pledge for EHRI at the Malmö International Forum on Holocaust Remembrance and Combating Antisemitism

14/10/2021

The Netherlands offers to host and co-fund the headquarters of the permanent European Holocaust Research Infrastructure (EHRI). Dutch incumbent Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations Kajsa Ollongren announced this yesterday in her pledge at the Malmö International Forum on Holocaust Remembrance and Combating Antisemitism.

CFP for Yad Vashem-EVZ workshop, December 2021

Call for Proposals | Personal and Family Archival Collections: Connecting the Pieces In the Complex Puzzle of the Holocaust Story

12/10/2021

Yad Vashem – the World Holocaust Remembrance Center would like to invite you to participate in a virtual international workshop on the significance of personal and family Holocaust collections, organized by Yad Vashem – the World Holocaust Remembrance Center, with the support and cooperation of EVZ – the Foundation "Remembrance, Responsibility and Future", on 14- 15 December 2021.

EHRI Acknowledged in European Commission’s Strategy on Antisemitism

06/10/2021

On Tuesday 5 October 2021, the EU launched its first ever Strategy on combating antisemitism and fostering Jewish life

EHRI has recently published a position paper that highlights its intrinsic importance to research on antisemitism and the fight against antisemitism.

EHRI is delighted that the EC duly acknowledges EHRI as an important pillar in the implementation of its strategy on antisemitism, and that it encourages member states to politically and financially support EHRI’s transition from a series of projects into a permanent European research organisation.

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