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Web report | EHRI organised a workshop in Vienna to promote cooperation with related organisations e.g. IHRA, @claims-conference.bsky.social, @fra.europa.eu, Centropa. It was hosted by FRA and VWI, organised by @yadvashem.bsky.social and very inspiring! Read more, www.ehri-project.eu/ehri-multila...

EHRI-CZ @ehri-cz.bsky.social | Workshop “New Readings of Holocaust Testimony” offered an inspiring space for exchanging experiences among experts from different disciplines and showcased new ways to connect historical research with technological innovation. www.ehri-project.eu/ehri-cz-work...

29 Oct. 3PM CET Free EHRI Webinar | “Voices – Letters from the Holocaust” Join presenters Táňa Klementová and František Floder on the making of "Voices", an innovative audiovisual exhibition that gives life to personal stories of Moravian Holocaust victims. www.ehri-project.eu/ehri-webinar...

Last month we hosted an event with our former director, Ben Barkow, in conversation with Zoe Waxman, about his publication, Poetry after Auschwitz: Walking in West Cornwall with the Ghost of Great-Aunt Hilde You can catch up on the event, including fantastic poetry readings, now:

Last week, EHRI Director Reto Speck gratefully accepted the official ERIC plate from the European Commission under the dome of the Copenhagen Planetarium during the RTI Summit 2025. After 15 years of hard work in projects, EHRI-ERIC is here to stay. Thanks to all our partners!

The Israeli presidency of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) and EHRI partner Yad Vashem are inviting recommitment to the Survivors Declaration: israelinihra.mfa.gov.il/survivors_de...

The new issue of Memoria [EN] No. 96 magazine by @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social has been published. You can now access it instantly HERE: The new issue of Memoria [EN] No. 96 magazine has been published. You can now access it instantly HERE: viewer.joomag.com/memoria-en-n...

14.10.1943 | Anniversary of the Sobibor Uprising — an act of Jewish resistance that led to the death camp's closure. An Aug. 1944 photo from the demolished site is chilling: it shows the entrance to the "Slauch," the path to the gas chambers. www.sobibor.org/en/unknown-photos-sobibor-from-1944

EHRI #Webinar 29 Oct | “Voices – Letters from the Holocaust” Join our webinar introducing "Voices", an innovative audiovisual exhibition that gives life to personal stories of Moravian Holocaust victims through their surviving correspondence, @ehri-cz.bsky.social. www.ehri-project.eu/ehri-webinar...

29 Oct. EHRI Webinar | “Voices – Letters from the Holocaust” Join our webinar introducing "Voices", an innovative audiovisual exhibition that gives life to personal stories of Moravian Holocaust victims through their surviving correspondence. www.ehri-project.eu/ehri-webinar...

EHRI Partner @ushmm.bsky.social | the US Holocaust Memorial Museum is pleased to invite nominations for a new #publication program: New #Research in #Holocaust Studies. It seeks to make cutting-edge Holocaust studies scholarship accessible to a broad audience. www.ushmm.org/research/pub...

EHRI has officially joined the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) as a Permanent International Partner, an important step in both organizations’ shared mission to preserve, protect, and make accessible Holocaust archival materials worldwide. www.ehri-project.eu/ehri-eric-jo...

How do we encourage the next generation of Holocaust researchers? Read the 4 important steps in the IHRA Newsletter. mailchi.mp/holocaustrem...

#JOBAlert | 1 day left to apply for a great vacancy @ehri-uk.bsky.social. EHRI-UK is seeking a highly motivated Project Assistant with strong research skills and attention to detail to support the UK Director in the day-to-day running. www.ehri-project.eu/ehri-uk-job-...

Call for Papers | Lessons and Legacies 2026! HEFNU @hefnu.bsky.social at 50: Contexts, Connections, and (Dis)Continuities Lessons and Legacies of the Holocaust XVIII Chicago, 12-15 November 2026 Deadline 15 December 2025 hef.northwestern.edu/lessons-and-...

In 1943, on the occasion of Rosh Hashanah, Margarete Seeligmann wrote this poem whilst imprisoned in Theresienstadt. This account is part of the Library's early eyewitnesses to the Holocaust collection Explore more testimonies via our online archive #WienerDigitalCollections 🔗 buff.ly/GIAC5O9

22 September 1932 | Czech Jewish girl, Vera Taglicht, was born. As a refugee she went to Norway. She was deported to #Auschwitz with his brother Tibor in March 1943. Tibor was selected as able to work. He asked to stay with his sister. They were both murdered in a gas chamber.

What an incredible week! After visiting the Jewish Historical Institute and the Ringelblum Archive, our youth are now working on their final assignment for the chance to win the Jules Schelvis Youth Award. Mark your calendars—we're planning a new youth trip for next year!

Holocaust testimony is AI litmus test, and it fails news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...

EHRI-ERIC 📣 Call for Applications 📣 | Conny Kristel Fellowship Programme 2025 CK Fellowships include a stipend towards housing and living expenses and access to the host institution. Short stay fellowships in AT, BE, CZ, DE, NL, PL, RO and UK. Apply before 28 Sep! www.ehri-project.eu/conny-kriste...

EHRI-CZ Tonight | @ehri-cz.bsky.social organises a lecture by Benjamin Frommer: "Far from #Prague. The #Holocaust in Moravia" In English and Czech at the Maisel Synagogue in Prague. The lecture is a part of a series organised by the the Jewish Museum Prague and EHRI-CZ. www.ehri.cz/en/services/...

As a registered charity, we need to raise just under £1,000,000 per year in order for us to be able to complete our vital work. No matter how large or small, your support makes a difference. Find out how you can help us to put our collection at the service of the future 🔗

We're hiring! EHRI-UK Project Assistant - remote work w/ some travel @wienerlibrary.bsky.social Part time (0.4-0.5FTE depending on candidate). Initially 9 months but anticipating extension. Perfect for #PhD students - spread the word! Closing date 26/09/25 wienerholocaustlibrary.org/what-we-do/s...

EHRI schreibt Stipendien für Projekte zur Holocaust-Forschung aus - Bewerbungen sind noch bis zum 28. September möglich: www.ifz-muenchen.de/aktuelles/ar...

The new issue of Memoria magazine has been published, ed. by @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social. Inside: 🔹 Sinti & Roma Genocide Remembrance Day 🔹 82nd anniversary of the prisoners' revolt at Treblinka II 🔹 ‘Expansion and Redesign of the Gusen Memorial’ 🔹 And more... viewer.joomag.com/memoria-en-n...

1 September 1890 | A Hungarian Jew, Sándor Stern, was born in Veszprém. In 1944 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.

02.09.1924|Polish Jewish woman Regina Zieliński (née Feldman) was born in Siedliszcze. She was brought to SS-Sonderkommando #Sobibor in December 1942. Regina escaped in October 1943, survived the #Holocaust, and in 1949 moved to Australia. Watch her testimony: www.youtube.com/watch?v=43lk...

EHRI #Jobopening |📣The European Holocaust Research Infrastructure and @niodamsterdam.bsky.social are looking for a versatile SOFTWARE DEVELOPER to contribute to a variety of platforms for the exploration of historical materials, esp. @graphiaproject.bsky.social❗ www.ehri-project.eu/ehri-job-ope...

Check out this new piece by our research fellow Emily-Rose Baker on Auschwitz-Birkenau’s new digital camp replica! @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social @theconversationuk.bsky.social theconversation.com/the-problem-...

What was life like living next to a death camp? In Spaces of Treblinka, a new work by Jacob Flaws, he explains how Treblinka’s mass murder was well known to the nearby townspeople who experienced the sights, sounds, smells, people, bodies, and train cars the camp ejected into the surrounding world

The Wiener Library opened in London #OnThisDay in 1939. Following the November Pogrom of 1938, also known as Kristallnacht, Alfred Wiener prepared to bring his collection to the UK. It arrived the following summer and opened on this day in 1939, at the time as the Nazis invaded Poland...

Thanks to our #StolenMemory volunteers, we returned photos to the family of Michael Ajster – a victim of Nazi persecution – in Slovenia. About 2,000 envelopes with personal belongings still wait to be returned. Explore the map of their owners’ birthplaces and last residences: aroa.to/map

80 Years after #WO2, the "Windermere children" have received a memorial garden in the UK. It commemorates the time spent in the Lake District by 300 young Holocaust survivors. Would you like to know their story? Listen to the EHRI #podcast "A Place in Paradise". www.ehri-project.eu/podcast-epis...

"The testimony by Gelbelman and the documentation by Carp are not just fragments of memories: they are part of a larger struggle to document and preserve the history of the Holocaust in Romania. Two of the most important actors involved in that struggle were Wilhelm Filderman and Matatias Carp."

EHRI Document #Blog | Fragmented Collections: Connecting the Dots Between the Filderman-Carp Archives and Reveal the History of the Holocaust in #Romania By Hailey Dilman-Sharon and Greta Barak Scattered collections are being pieced together and unlock histories. blog.ehri-project.eu/2025/07/31/f...

Excellent opportunities for Holocaust researchers, archivists, librarians, curators and relevant professionals: EHRI-ERIC Call for Applications: Conny Kristel #Fellowship Programme 2025. Access to 22 Holocaust archives and institutions in 9 countries. Apply: www.ehri-project.eu/conny-kriste...

📢 Newly digitised and accessible online! Researchers can now access a digitised collection relating to the fate of Roma and Sinti under the Nazis. The collection was gathered following research into Nazi anti-Gypsy policies and the treatment of Roma and Sinti during the Nazi period buff.ly/TnB0H9o

The EHRI Online Editions consist of annotated digitized #documents from various sources gathered around a theme, from Early Holocaust Testimonies to Simon Wiesenthal's The Sunflower. Explore all the themes: www.ehri-project.eu/ehri-online-...

📢 Don't miss a unique opportunity to meet experts from the top Holocaust Archives in the UK, including our ITS Archive Team Manager. Archivists from across the country will be coming together to offer their insights, and provide the chance for personal consultations Sign up:

The Bavarian State Archives and the Arolsen Archives started a cooperation on execution files from Munich-Stadelheim. We will soon draw on our Europe-wide network of volunteers to search for the recipients of over 50 farewell letters and families of Nazi victims. arolsen-archives.org/en/press-rel...

EHRI-UK | 2 days left to apply for an @ehri-uk.bsky.social #fellowship! Supporting UK based Holocaust scholars, archivists... Hosting institutions @wienerlibrary.bsky.social @holocaustnorth.bsky.social @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy and Imperial War Museum. www.ehri-project.eu/ehri-uk-nati...

21.07.1944|The last mass execution took place at #Majdanek. Between 450 and 700 inmates of the Gestapo prison at the Lublin castle were shot in the ditches next to the crematorium building. The death transports from the castle were sent from Autumn 1943. Victims were never registered in the camp.

CALL | Excellent opportunity for Eastern European based Universities! Claims Conference @claims-conference.bsky.social University Partnership Program in Holocaust Studies www.ehri-project.eu/call-for-eas...

The deadline is drawing near for the @ehri-uk.bsky.social National Research Fellowships, send in your application for a chance to do research at the @wienerlibrary.bsky.social and other research centres around the UK!

Archiving, social media, data analysis – there’s more to working at the world’s largest archive on victims of Nazi persecution than you might think! Check out our new website to explore careers at the Arolsen Archives: arolsen-archives.org/en/about-us/...

Our Spring 2025 Newsletter is out now! Catch up on all our latest activities, in addition to learning about future events to look forward to here: shorturl.at/Nst5M Never miss out on HRI updates by signing up to our quarterly newsletter: buff.ly/3A4VQ2G

Call for Papers for a #Conference organised in #Rome on 17-18 Nov by Roma Tre and University of Udine. "40 + 40 = 80 Years of Images about the #Shoah (1945-1985-2025)" In Italian and English. Deadline: 15 Aug. www.ehri-project.eu/call-for-pap...

Call for Applications #EHRI-ERIC #Workshop 📣FROM DAY to DAY? Collecting and Inventorying #Diaries in #Holocaust Research❗ Oct. 19–22, 2025 | Location: @universite-caen.bsky.social France | Deadline: 15 Aug 2025 @leibniz-ifz.bsky.social, @ehess.fr & VWI Austria www.ehri-project.eu/call-for-app...

Want to know how to search our online archive? Our new website doesn’t just bring you a clearer structure and a better user experience – there’s also lots of new content for you to explore. Like this video with tips on how to search the online archive: arolsen-archives.org/en/archive/o...