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Yom haShoah 2022 — April 28. Shoah memorials that name names, and personalize those who were murdered

Names on stones at the memorial in Plzen, Czech Republic

As has become our tradition for Yom ha Shoah, Israel and the Jewish world’s annual day of remembrance of the Holocaust (and also on International Holocaust Remembrance Day in January), we highlight some of the many monuments that name names … continue reading →

Ukraine: Holocaust memorial at Drobytsky Yar near Kharkiv damaged by shelling

Russian artillery fire damaged a large Menorah sculpture that was part of the Drobytsky Yar Holocaust Memorial Park and Museum on the eastern outskirts of Kharkiv, Ukrainian officials and others reported. The memorial complex, opened in 2002, commemorates some 15,000 … continue reading →

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 →

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 →