This looks as if it will be a fascinating symposium — Exhibiting the Shoah in history museums: comparing approaches & sharing experiences. Held at 6 p.m. on January 30 in Brussels, at the House of European History, it’s … continue reading →
We share this call for papers — the deadline for submissions is January 30. Remembering Across the Iron Curtain in the Cold War Era. The Emergence of Holocaust Memory A Joint Conference of the Institute for the Public Understanding … continue reading →
The full report from the 9-day survey using non-invasive, ground-penetrating technology to locate Holocaust mass graves and killing sites in Rohatyn, Ukraine has been published — the 80-page report is available online. As we reported at the time, the survey, … continue reading →
If you’re in the Czech Republic, you have two more weeks to see the exhibit on the grandiose synagogue in Olomouc, which was burned down by the local Fascists in March 1939 after the Nazi occupation of Bohemia … continue reading →
Two important new permanent exhibitions have recently opened in Poland. One, situated in the synagogue of the former Chachmei Yeshivat Lublin, focuses on the history of the Yeshiva and its founder, rabbi Meir Yehuda Shapira (1887-1933). The other, at … continue reading →
