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From the anti-Jewish Laws (racial laws) to the Shoah. Seven years in Italian History 1938-1945

Dalle leggi antiebraiche alla Shoah - Sette anni di storia italiana 1938-1945

28/04/2016

From the anti-Jewish Laws (racial laws) to the Shoah - Seven years in Italian History 1938-1945

An exhibition curated by the CDEC Foundation, on display at the new Shoah Memorial of Milan, February 2016

The exhibition

Dalle leggi antiebraiche alla Shoah - Sette anni di storia italiana 1938-1945’ (‘From the anti-Jewish Laws (Racial Laws) to the Shoah - Seven years in Italian History’ 1938-1945) is the title of the exhibition curated by EHRI partner, the CDEC Foundation, at the new Shoah Memorial of Milan last February.

Helpdesk

EHRI Helpdesk

28/04/2016

In February 2016, EHRI has officially launched its helpdesk. Our new helpdesk system will ensure that all the queries we receive are promptly answered by an EHRI expert.

Questions that may be addressed to the EHRI helpdesk include general enquiries about the EHRI project and its services; questions and feedback about the information content available via the EHRI portal and the underlying physical collections; bug reports and other technical questions about the EHRI products such as the portal, the blog or the online courses, etc.

Arrival Kazerne Dossin

The EHRI Online Course in Holocaust Studies: Feedback Wanted

26/04/2016

Like all of EHRI, its Online Course in Holocaust Studies resulted from international collaboration. The idea for the course arose during the early planning stages for EHRI. In its summer schools, eventually held in 2013 and 2014, a variety of specialists from various countries would train a total of 48 people.

Anastasia Loudarou

People in EHRI: Anastasia Loudarou, works for EHRI and the Jewish Museum of Greece

26/04/2016

Member of EHRI Working Groups 6. Coordination with Humanities Research Infrastructures and 9. New Methodologies, Data Identification and Integration. She is a researcher at the Jewish Museum of Greece.

In 2007 I started working as a researcher at the Jewish Museum of Greece and in 2010 I was appointed head of the museum's digital project "Judaica Europeana", a programme funded by the EU and in the framework of the European Union’s digitization programme eContentplus. The aim of the project was to bring together and connect museums, libraries, archives and institutions that hold important and/or original material related to Jewish history, culture and life in Europe.

Partner in EHRI: the Polish Center for Holocaust Research

25/04/2016

In its new phase, the EHRI project has 23 partners , of which 11 are new. In this article, one new partner, the Polish Center for Holocaust Research, introduces itself.

Article by Jakub Petelewicz

During the German occupation of Poland, the country became the stage for some of the worst atrocities of the Holocaust. It is estimated that nearly half of all of Europe’s Jews (and 90% of Poland’s own Jews) were killed during this horrific time.

CfP: Where are the libraries that were looted by the Nazis? Identification and restoration : a work in progress

25/04/2016

Call for Papers: International colloquium. Paris, March 23 and 24, 2017

The magnitude of the looting due to the Nazi forces during World War II was revealed at the Liberation. Operations aiming at localization, return, and restitution of looted cultural goods were begun, notably in Western Europe, while the Soviet victors - more often than others - reckoned that such goods were legitimate "war trophies" because of the suffering endured.

Bergen-Belsen International Summer School

Bergen-Belsen International Summer School "Memory in the Digital Age"

21/04/2016

The Bergen-Belsen International Summer School is aimed at international undergraduate students from different disciplines interested in the challenges of commemorative culture in a global, digital and medial context.

The summer school offers lectures, guided tours, workshops and discussions held in English. Its aim is to develop visions for the future of educational work at museums and memorials.

David Cesarani

The Holocaust and History: The Work and Legacy of David Cesarani

07/04/2016

From 3-4 April 2017 the Holocaust Research Centre, Royal Holloway University of London will hold a conference to celebrate the work of Professor David Cesarani.

Reference Services NIOD

CfA: EHRI Seminar: Reference Services: Best Practices and Innovative Use of Materials

16/03/2016

Call for Applications for Reference Services Seminar

13-17 November 2016 I Yad Vashem, Jerusalem, Israel

This seminar is organized in the framework of EHRI

We would like to invite those working in Reference Services with Holocaust documentation to submit their application for the international seminar Reference Services: Best Practices and Innovative Use of Materials to be held at Yad Vashem, Jerusalem, 13-17 November 2016.

Summer School Elie Wiesel Institute Romania

CfA: EHRI Seminar in Bucharest: The Study of the Holocaust in Romania: Current State and Trends

03/03/2016

September 19–23, 2016

Location: Elie Wiesel National Institute for Studying the Holocaust in Romania, Bucharest, Romania

The seminar is organized in the framework of EHRI by the Elie Wiesel National Institute for Studying the Holocaust in Romania and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, both part of the EHRI Consortium.

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