Centre for Historical Research and Documentation on War and Contemporary Society / Mémorial de la Shoah
![Laurien Vastenhout](https://www.ehri-project.eu/sites/default/files/styles/linkerkolom/public/EHRI%20Photo%20L.%20Vastenhout.jpg?itok=m7p31gG3)
Laurien Vastenhout (the Netherlands), PhD student University of Sheffield, “The Jewish Councils of Western Europe under Nazi Occupation: A Comparative Analysis”
Her project project provides the first comprehensive comparative analysis of the Jewish Councils of France (UGIF), Belgium (AJB) and the Netherlands (JR). This allows for a better understanding of the organisational structures and the complex nature of society from which they emerged in order to re-examine their key role in the fate of the Jewish communities they represented.