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New Issue of Forum Historiae Dedicated to “Slovak Autonomy 1938–1939: The Initial Phase of the Holocaust and Persecution”

03/09/2019

The latest issue of Forum Historiae, the semi-annual journal of the Institute of History of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, is published in cooperation with the Holocaust Documentation Center in Bratislava under the framework of the EHRI project. The idea to compose a special issue on the period of the Slovak Autonomy in 1938–1939 came up last autumn around the 80th anniversary of the declaration of the Slovak Autonomy on October 6, 1938.

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Call for Applications: Saul Kagan Claims Conference Fellowship for Advanced Shoah Studies

29/08/2019

The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference) is offering a limited number of fellowships for Ph.D. and Post Doctoral Candidates Conducting Research on the Holocaust. The application deadline is December 23, 2019 for the Fall 2020 - Summer 2021 Funding Year.

The Saul Kagan Claims Conference Fellowship for Advanced Shoah Studies aims to strengthen Holocaust studies and Shoah memory throughout the world. Their mission is to support the advanced study of the fate of Jews who were systematically targeted for destruction or persecution by the Nazis and their allies between 1933 and 1945, as well as immediate post-war events.  

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Call for Papers: Research Workshop at Yad Vashem: Overcoming the Darkness?

27/08/2019

Holocaust Survivors' Emotional and Social Journeys in the Early Postwar Period

 

Location: Yad Vashem, Jerusalem, Israel | 29-30 June, 2020

Organized by: Diana and Eli Zborowski Centre for the Study of the Shoah and its Aftermath, The International Institute for Holocaust Research, Yad Vashem and the George and Irina Schaeffer Center for the Study of Genocide, Human Rights and Conflict Prevention, The American University of Paris

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EHRI Receives New Funding to Build a Permanent Home for International Holocaust Research

26/08/2019

On 23 August, it was announced that the European Holocaust Research Infrastructure (EHRI) will continue to receive funding from the European Union to sustain and expand its resources and activities and to enable it to become a permanent European home for international Holocaust research and collaboration.

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EHRI Regional Conference: Escape and Rescue Routes - France, Belgium, Switzerland, Spain, Italy

15/08/2019

Exile, Passages, Borders…1938-1944

One day Conference: 24th of September,2019, held at Mémorial de la Shoah, Paris, France

As part of the European Holocaust Research Infrastructure (EHRI), the Mémorial de la Shoah in Paris is organizing a study day devoted to "Escape and Rescue routes: France Belgium, Switzerland, Spain, and Italy: Exile, passages, borders ... 1938-1944”. This day aims to promote the EHRI program, to make its activities better known as well as the results achieved since its establishment in 2012.

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Fellowships

2020 Fellowships at the Center for Holocaust Studies at the Leibniz Institute for Contemporary History

07/08/2019

The Center for Holocaust Studies at the Leibniz Institute for Contemporary History (a partner within EHRI) will be offering grants for research stays at the Center in Munich during 2020.

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New Video About EHRI's Human Network

16/07/2019

VIDEO: The EHRI Fellowships

In this short video EHRI presents its human network, which plays a vital role in the success of the project, next to the digital infrastructure. Meet several EHRI fellows and hear about their experiences during their fellowship. If you want to read more about the EHRI Fellowships, you can take a look at the Fellows in 2016-2018.

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Call for Entries to the European Heritage Awards 2020

16/07/2019

Europa Nostra, the leading heritage network in Europe, and the European Commission have recently launched the Call for Entries to the European Heritage Awards / Europa Nostra Awards 2020. 

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New EHRI Document Blog: Integrating New Data from Yad Vashem’s Archives into the EHRI Portal

08/07/2019

This blog, written by Avishai Danino, Judith Levin, Kepa Rodriguez, Olga Tolokonsky and Emma Yavashan from Yad Vashem, describes Yad Vashem's data integration journey as part of their activities in EHRI's Work Package on Resource Identification and Integration Workflows. The goal was to update the Yad Vashem content on the EHRI Portal, improving the quality of the descriptions and adding a few new records.

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New EHRI Document Blog: First Call for Resistance to the Nazis in the Vilna Ghetto: “Let us Not Go Like Sheep to the Slaughter”

17/06/2019

The latest EHRI Document Blog post written by Daniela Ozacky-Stern (Moreshet Archive, Mordechai Anielevich Memorial) takes a close look at a handwritten document by Abba Kovner from January 1942. It follows the meeting in the Vilnius Ghetto that led to the proclamation “Let us Not Go Like Sheep to the Slaughter” by looking at photos from the Moreshet Archive.

The post analyses the meaning of the famous proclamation and follows the creation and composition of the underground organisation FPO (The United Partisan Organization).

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