In September French EHRI partner Mémorial de la Shoah opened a new place in Drancy, devoted to history and education, located in front of the Cité de la Muette.
EHRI Work Package Member on Trans-institutional Research Guides
When Michal Frankl, Head of the Shoah History department at the Jewish Museum in Prague, asked me to be a part of EHRI, I was really excited to be involved in such a large and ambitious project, working together with Holocaust institutions throughout Europe and Israel.
Linda Margittai is one of the twelve EHRI fellows of 2012. Linda, who is from Hungary, was hosted at NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Amsterdam, in May and June to further her research on the fate of Hungarian Jews living abroad during the Holocaust. She was happy to answer a few questions about her fellowship.
In May and June 2012, EHRI was presented on various occasions by Veerle Vanden Daelen, who is leader of the EHRI team for Identification and Investigation. On 22 May, the 5th Contact Day Jewish Studies on the Low Countries took place, organized by the Institute of Jewish Studies at the University of Antwerp.
The Wiener Library in London was delighted to host the latest international workshop of the European Holocaust Research Infrastructure. The workshop, held from 30 April to 2 May 2012, focused on five topics: audio-visual testimony; the timing of testimony; testimony as evidence, evidence as testimony; translation of Holocaust testimonies and false testimony.
International Workshop within the Framework of the European Holocaust Research Infrastructure (EHRI) supported by the European Commission.
EHRI organizes an international workshop on Geography and Holocaust Research, to be held at the International Tracing Service at Bad Arolsen, Germany on May 27-29, 2013, and would like to invite you to submit a proposal.
The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference) is offering a limited number of fellowships for Ph.D. and Post Doctoral (new!) candidates pursuing advanced Holocaust studies.