EHRI Newsletter - October 2012 | European Holocaust Research Infrastructure

EHRI Newsletter - October 2012

Geography and Holocaust Research
	25/09/2012 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.
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(Re-)presenting EHRI
	03/10/2012 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.
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EHRI Workshop 'Truth and Witness'
	03/10/2012 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.
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Linda Margittai Talks about her EHRI Fellowship
	08/10/2012 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.
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People in EHRI: Wolfgang Schellenbacher
	10/10/2012 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.
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Public Opening of Mémorial de la Shoah at Drancy
	10/10/2012 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.
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Saul Kagan Claims Conference Fellowship for Advanced Shoah Studies
	29/08/2012 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.
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EHRI partners

KNAW – NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies (NL)
KNAW – DANS Data Archiving and Networked Services (NL)
Belgian State Archives/CegeSoma (BE)
Masaryk Institute and Archives of the Czech Academy of Sciences (CZ)
Yad Vashem (IL)
Leibniz Institute for Contemporary History (DE)
King's College London (UK)
Holocaust Documentation Center (SK)
Kazerne Dossin (BE)
The Wiener Holocaust Library (UK)
’Elie Wiesel’ National Institute for the Study of the Holocaust in Romania (RO)
Vienna Wiesenthal Institute for Holocaust Studies (AT)

Shoah Memorial (FR)
Jewish Historical Institute (PL)
US Holocaust Memorial Museum (US)
National Research Council (IT)
Arolsen Archives (DE)
Federal Archives (DE)
Inria – team ALMAnaCH (FR)
Polish Center for Holocaust Research (PL)
Contemporary Jewish Documentation Center Foundation (IT)
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (GR)
Vilna Gaon Museum of Jewish History (LT)
Hungarian Jewish Museum and Archives (HU)
Center for Urban History of East Central Europe (UA)
Jewish Museum in Prague (CZ)
Jewish Museum of Greece (GR)

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