EUROPEAN WORKSHOP FOR INSTITUTIONS SUPPORTING OF THE HOLOCAUST STUDIES

On November 17-20, 2020, an international seminar for teachers and researchers of the World War II history and the Holocaust history was held at the National Holocaust Museum in Amsterdam. Scholars and Educators from 44 European countries, as well as representatives of research organizations from the USA, took part in the work of such an international seminar. The seminar was organized by the international organization Claims Conference (Conference on Jewish Material Claims against Germany).

Ukraine was represented at this forum by Dr. Anatoly Podolsky, a leading researcher at the Department of Ethnopolitics of our Institute, who presented on the topic “Challenges in the Holocaust Studies during the Russian War against Ukraine”. The speech noted that Ukraine has accumulated significant experience in Holocaust Studies and Holocaust Education for three decades. This issue, the fate of Ukrainian Jews during the years of Nazi crimes, is an integral part of research and teaching of the World War II history in Ukraine. Also, in Ukraine, scholars and educational non-governmental institutions have many years of productive experience in cooperation with the Claims Conference.  

Discussions during the conference

The program will address global and national experiences in combating Holocaust distortion and inversion and advancing Holocaust education and commemoration. Special attention will be given to international cooperation between Holocaust institutions whose representatives will be present at the Conference.

Anatoly Podolsky and Norbert Hinterleitner (Anne Frank House)