expand our existing services, develop new online and in-person activities, and establish connections to new communities and networks.
Permanent European Research Infrastructure for Holocaust research
EHRI’s success has been widely recognised, most prominently in 2018, when the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructure (ESFRI) placed EHRI on its Roadmap. The ESFRI Roadmap identifies research infrastructure initiatives that have high strategic importance for the future development of the European Research Area. Our placement on the ESFRI Roadmap enables us to transform EHRI from a series of projects into a permanent organisation in the context of the EHRI Preparatory Phase project which started last year. Although effecting such a transformation is challenging, we are confident that we can launch EHRI as a permanent European Research Infrastructure for Holocaust research in January 2025, the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp.
Collective and pan-European effort
EHRI is a consortium of 25 partner institutions from across Europe, Israel and the United States. Its success is due to the effort and dedication of the staff working at our partners. As a truly collective and pan-European effort, EHRI shows what can be achieved when institutions and people pool expertise, perspectives and resources across geographical and disciplinary boundaries. Bringing together and supporting collaboration between so many Holocaust-related and digital humanities organisations has often been considered one of EHRI’s greatest achievements.