The Holocaust Research Institute at Royal Holloway, University of London, invites applications for its Summer Institute on the Holocaust and Jewish Civilisation (2 – 11 July 2018). It is primarily aimed at PhD students and early career researchers. This programme is generously sponsored by the Holocaust Educational Foundation, Northwestern University, USA, and Pears Foundation.
Arpad Weisz remains a victim of history. When it came to football, however, he was a great protagonist. He helped develop the game into what we know today. Through his work and innovations, he turned his tragic story into an eternal one, cementing his legacy in the face of oppression and death.
The fifth edition of 'Holocaust Memorial Days: An overview of remembrance and education in the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Region' provides information on when, where, and how OSCE participating states promote the commemoration and study of the Holocaust and the extermination and persecution of Roma and Sinti in line with their OSCE commitments.
The letters featured in Yad Vashem's 'Last Letters from the Holocaust: 1943' exhibition were sent from Ukraine, Bulgaria, Germany, Holland, Greece, Poland, France and Russia. These letters only allowed few words, and mostly one phrase: 'We are well.'