followed in two groups. Several areas of possible collaboration were identified, such as on fellowships, communication, or education.
Café Centropa
The day ended with one more presentation, by Centropa – Central Europe Center for Research and Documentation. Centropa was founded in Vienna and Budapest in 2000 with the goal of preserving Jewish memory in Central and Eastern Europe, the Balkans, the Baltics, and the former Soviet Union, then disseminating the findings to the widest possible audience through education, films and other channels.
After the introduction to the work of Centropa, the workshop participants took part in an event “Café Centropa”, moderated by Hannah Lessing of the National Fund of the Republic of Austria for Victims of National Socialism. Café Centropa is a monthly meeting of Holocaust survivors and their families, where they share their stories in an informal cafe location. Hearing the stories of the survivors themselves turned out to be the highlight of the workshop and a special reminder of the importance of our shared efforts and mission to support “Never Again”.
The second day of the workshop was hosted by the Vienna Wiesenthal Institute (VWI) for Holocaust Studies, a longstanding partner of EHRI projects and now coordinator of EHRI Austria.
After a welcome by Director Jochen Böhler, VWI gave two presentations on their recent activities: the creation of the EHRI Online Edition “The Sunflower”, on the book by Simon Wiesenthal, and the Online Exhibition “Wiesenthal in Linz”.
Following these presentations, the workshop participants took part in a final brainstorm session. It was an inspired discussion where many good suggestions were made. In the end, four areas of possible collaboration and focus points were defined:
• Train the next generation.
• Safeguard and continue to improve access to archives.
• Increase collaboration at a national level.
• Share communication. Specifically, connect FRA’s research, engagement with national human rights statutory bodies and remembrance institutions, as well as outcomes, with the other participating organisations on communication level.
Participants indicated that they considered the workshop a positive experience and that they would be willing to explore another cooperation workshop in the future.
The two-day workshop ended with two guided visits to relevant sites in Vienna: the Judenplatz Holocaust Memorial and the Shoah Wall of Names Memorial.
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