Call EHRI Fellowships in Holocaust Studies 2014

EHRI (European Holocaust Research Infrastructure) invites applications for its fellowship programme for 2014.
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A new, award-winning Holocaust documentary, Misa's Fugue.

The film tells the story of survivor Frank Grunwald and his family's experiences during the Holocaust against the backdrop of a wealth of primary source materials including pre-war family 8mm footage, dozens of family photographs and a very special artifact from within the walls of Auschwitz-Birkenau.
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Remembrance Ceremony in Hodonin u Kunstatu August 18th, at 11:00 am

The Museum of Romani Culture and the National pedagogical museum and Library of J. A. Komensky cordially invites you to the Remembrance Ceremony at the former so-called “Gypsy Camp” in Hodonin u Kunstatu. During World War II, the former “Gypsy Camp” in Hodonin u Kunstatu hosted almost 1400 individuals, 300 of whom died at this location.
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"The West" Versus "The East" or the United Europe?

5th International Conference is held under the auspices of Alena Hanakova, MInister of Culture, Karel Schwarznberg, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs in October 8 - 9, 2013 in the spa town of Podebrady, Czech Republic.
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Hidden drawings from Nazi concentration camp on display

17.05.2013 (Expatica.com) -- Secret drawings and sketches that a Czech artist produced and kept hidden from his Nazi captors inside a World War II concentration camp went on display at the Jewish Museum in Berlin on Friday.
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Paideia Project Incubator 2013

Last few days to apply for The 2013 Paideia Project-Incubator! Application deadline May 10.
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Challenging “Wiedergutmachung” The Slave Labor Negotiations of 1998–2001, a presentation of a new book

The Institute of International Relations would like to invite you to a presentation of a new book by Andreas Mink Challenging “Wiedergutmachung” The Slave Labor Negotiations of 1998–2001 on Thursday, 2nd May 2013, 16:00 at Institute of International Relations, Nerudova 3, Prague 1 (www.iir.cz).
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Federal Agency for Civic Education - Call for applications

The German Federal Agency for Civic Education (bpb) and the Robert Bosch Stiftung are awarding 16 scholarships to active professionals from Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Greece, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Turkey.
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World Jewish Congress Plenary Assembly to convene in Budapest on 5-7 May 2013

15.04.2013 (WJC) -- The World Jewish Congress (WJC) will hold its 14th Plenary Assembly in Budapest, on 5-7 May 2013, to discuss matters of importance to the Jewish people globally, including the alarming rise of neo-Nazi political parties in several European, and other, countries, and the situation in the Middle East. 500 delegates and observers from the WJC’s affiliated Jewish communities and organizations in 100 countries are expected to convene in the Hungarian capital. Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has confirmed that he will address the opening dinner on 5 May.
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CFP: The Business of Art in the “Third Reich” (Los Angeles, 23-27 Sep 13)

07.04.2013 (ArthHist) -- Los Angeles/Hamburg, September 23 - 27, 2013. The International Warburg Lectures in Hamburg and the Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles, in collaboration with the “Entartete Kunst” (”Degenerate Art”) Research Center in Hamburg, invite proposals for a two-part workshop on the art market under National Socialism.
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