Several Jewish heritage-related events of interest to our readers are coming up in the next week and a half.
You can find information and links in our calendar (or see the Upcoming Events list on our Home Page and the News pages), but we thought we would also point them out in a post. Click the link to find more details.
January 24, New York — Museums and the Memory of Nazi-Fascism, the Holocaust and World War II: Toward a Shared European History?
On the occasion of Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Consulate General of Italy, Centro Primo Levi, NYU Casa Italiana Zerilli Marimò, the Italian Academy at Columbia University, John D. Calandra Italian American Institute at CUNY, the Alliance of Columbia University and the Italian Cultural Institute present a jointly organized symposium dedicated to European museums of memory and history. In collaboration with the Consulate General of Germany and the Consulate General of France.
January 27 — Various countries in Europe — International Holocaust Remembrance Day
January 27, the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz in 1945, is marked in a number of European countries as International Holocaust Remembrance Day, with a wide range of commemorative events, educational programs, and other initiatives that in some countries take place during a week or more.
January 29, Berlin — Present, absent – Jewish Heritage in Eastern Europe
Opening of an exhibit of photographs by Christian Herrmann of abandoned Jewish heritage sites in eastern Europe.
January 29-31, Moscow — International Jewish Studies Conference
The Sefer Center’s 24th annual International Conference on Jewish Studies — click to access program