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Italy: In Venice a new Smartphone App teaches Holocaust history via Augmented Reality and Stolpersteine

(JHE) — A new smartphone and tablet app teaches Holocaust history in Venice by using Augmented Reality to tell the stories of the people commemorated by Stolpersteine – Stumbling Stones – memorials and at other memorial sites around the city. … continue reading →

Poland: Oświęcim Great Synagogue Memorial Park shortlisted for Major Architectural Award

The new memorial park on the site of the destroyed Great Synagogue in Oświęcim — the town is southern Poland where the Nazis built the Auschwitz death camp —  is one of the 40 architectural sites shortlisted for the prestigious … continue reading →

Call for Papers: Art of the Holocaust until 1989: Beyond an East/West Divide (Budapest, June 8-10)

This conference is a bit off our usual focus, but we think it will be of interest to our readers — so we’re pleased to share the Call for Papers. Conference: “Art of the Holocaust until 1989: Beyond an East/West … continue reading →

The JHE February Newsletter is out — Catch up on JHE news from Hungary, Romania, France,  Slovakia, UK, Lithuania, Poland, Austria, Turkey  and more

Did you miss something on JHE this past month? Catch up with our monthly Newsletter — the issue for February is now out. News, views, and insights from Hungary, Romania, France,  Slovakia, UK, Lithuania, Poland, Austria, Turkey  and more — plus … continue reading →