The EHRI Document Blog has a new post. Taking it in turns, institutes and EHRI fellows highlight a document from their collection or research, offering extra information about the people, places and events mentioned. The blog also investigates new ways to present and interpret documents using new online and digital tools. The new post is written by Jessica Green.

Once a year the people that work to make the European Holocaust Research Infrastructure (EHRI) a success all meet for a General Partner Meeting and several smaller working sessions. This year, on 21-23 June, the EHRI consortium of 23 partner institutions from 17 countries met in Bucharest, the city where hosting EHRI partner the Elie Wiesel National Institute for the Study of the Holocaust in Romania is based.

Today we commemorate the life and achievements of Elie Wiesel, who died on the 2nd of July 2016 at the age of 87.

A survivor of Auschwitz and Buchenwald, Wiesel went on to have a profound impact on the global memory of the holocaust. His memoir ‘Night’, originally published in Yiddish, and then in 1958 in French, has gone on to sell over six million copies in thirty languages. 

As of January 1st, 2017 (and subject to final financial approval), The Center for Holocaust Studies at the Institute for Contemporary History (IfZ) in Munich is hiring 

Two Researchers (with PhDs, E13 TV-L, full time)

The place of work is Munich, Germany. 

Details on the individual positions:

Job Description: Photo Archivist

Full-time, Permanent Post based in Central London, WC1
Salary: £26,000
Responsible to: Head of Collections

The Jewish Museum's Shoah History Department has prepared a new online exhibition, titled "I no longer have to be afraid of my neighbours": the life of Ivana Beranová (Fantlová) and her family.

International conference 13-15 March 2017

POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews, Warsaw, Poland

You are invited to propose abstracts for the international conference Museums and Their Publics at Sites of Conflicted History.

Call for Applications: Research Workshops 2017

Global Education Outreach Programme (GEOP) invites individuals and institutions to propose three-day research workshops to be held at POLIN Museum on topics related to the history and culture of Polish Jews, including new perspectives on public history, museums, and cultural memory. GEOP especially encourages interdisciplinary and comparative approaches.

Conference in Mechelen, Belgium I 20-22 September 2016

Kazerne Dossin, International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, the Belgian Federal Police, KZ Gedenkstätte Flossenbürg and the Council of Europe announce the ‘Connecting Law and Memory’ conference in Mechelen on 20-22 September 2016. This conference will focus on training courses in human rights for law enforcement and civil servants – based on Holocaust and genocide studies – with an emphasis on bringing together both civil servants (especially law enforcement) and museums & memorials from all over Europe.

Last week, the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) held its bi-annual plenary meeting, the first under the current Romanian chairmanship. The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) is an intergovernmental body which aims to place political and social leaders’ support behind the need for Holocaust education, remembrance and research. IHRA currently has 31 member countries, ten observer countries and seven Permanent International Partners. It works with an annually rotating Chairmanship.