The Provenance Research Training Program Launched

The European Shoah Legacy Institute is pleased to announce the establishment of the Provenance Research Training Program (PRTP) to provide advanced training in provenance research and related issues concerning Nazi-looted art, Judaica, and other cultural property. The inaugural workshop will take place in Magdeburg, Germany, June 10-15, 2012.
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"The Holocaust - Keeping the Memory Alive" opens at the UN

Marking the 67th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation, an exhibition "The Holocaust - Keeping the Memory Alive" feauring 16 entries of an international design student poster contest opened at the UN headquarters in New York. The exhibition is supported by the Task Force for International Cooperation on Holocaust Education, Remembrance and Research (ITF) and organized by Yad Vashem, le Mémorial de la Shoah, the European Shoah Legacy Institute and the UN Holocaust Programme.
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The new President of the EU Parliament opens International Holocaust Remembrance Day by stressing the German ‘specific responsibility’

The newly elected President of the European Parliament, German Martin Schulz, paid tribute to the memory of the six millions Jews who were killed in the Holocaust, during a special ceremony at the seat of the EU institution in Brussels.
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Extremist’s lawyer claims judicial expert compromised by Jewish origin

Judicial expert resigns after defense lawyer for far-right Workers’ Party for Social Justice activist says he’s compromised by his ethnicity.
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Czech version of the new UN study guide on Holocaust released

On the occasion of the International Day of Holocaust Remembrance, the European Shoah Legacy Institute in cooperation with the United Nations Information Centre Prague and with the support of the Embassy of Israel presented the Czech version of t

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Holocaust Theatre Online Collection Project launched

In partnership with the European Shoah Legacy Institute, the International Institute for Jewish and Israeli Culture launched the Holocaust Theatre Online Collection Project (HTC).
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Children and grandchildren of Holocaust survivors and other victims of Nazi persecution get involved!