New Document Blog | Diplomatic Reports on the Holocaust – An EHRI Online Edition

Online Edition on Diplomatic  Reports
Monday, 22 November, 2021

In the latest EHRI Document Blog post, Anna Ullrich (Leibniz Institute for Contemporary History and EHRI) takes a closer look at the most recently published EHRI Online Edition on Diplomatic Reports. The Online Edition focuses on how diplomatic staff reported the persecution and murder of European Jews during World War II. The reports, brief telegrams, thorough examinations or multi-perspective accounts written by diplomats, consuls and other staff members of the diplomatic service can provide intriguing insights into how these events were perceived and reported on. In addition, the post underscores the advantages of online editions, which can be enriched with, for example, data from the European Holocaust Research Infrastructure and enable new questions and comparative perspectives through a variety of search functions and advanced information available.

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