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News
from the Institute
by Elliot
Nidam Orvieto
Italian and Israeli
Researchers’ Workshop:
“Fascism, War, and
Memory”
In its
sixth annual workshop with researchers from abroad held in
October, the International Institute for Holocaust Research hosted
a group of leading young Italian researchers led by Professor
Enrico Giaccherini and Professor Paolo Pezzino from the University
of Pisa.
Over the
past 15 years, investigation of the history of Fascist Italy and
postwar responses has significantly increased. This research has
changed previously held stereotypes, and brought about a better
understanding of the events that occurred in Italy before, during
and after the war. For example, it is now understood that
antisemitic legislation—previously viewed as forced on the
Italians by Nazi Germany—had the full collaboration of the
country’s bureaucratic, social, political, and educational strata.
In addition, modern research has rejected postwar generalizations,
resulting in a better understanding of collaboration,
denunciation, the Italian civil war, and collective postwar
memory.
Israeli speakers at the workshop included Professor Sergio Della
Pergola (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem) and Professor Yizhak
Minerbi (Emeritus, Ben Gurion University of the Negev) whose
elucidating discussion periods contributed to its vibrant
atmosphere.
The workshop was organized with the generous support of the
Gutwirth Family Fund.
Gertner Scholarship 2004
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Kiril Feferman |
On 12 December, the Danek Gertner
Yad Vashem Ph.D. Scholarship was granted to Kiril Feferman, a
doctoral candidate of the Department of Contemporary Jewry, The
Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The scholarship—established in
2002 by Holocaust survivor and philanthropist Danek Gertner—is
awarded annually to a young outstanding doctoral candidate
completing the final year of research. Mr. Feferman is researching
the Holocaust in the Crimea and the Northern Caucasus.
Buchman Memorial Prize 2004
Le Prix Mémoire de la Shoah de la Fondation Jacob Buchman was
established in 1988 in Paris, France by Jacob Buchman in memory of
his wife and daughter, Esther and Chanelé Buchman, who were killed
in the Holocaust. In Israel, the prize is conveyed through Yad
Vashem.
The laureate of the 2004 prize was former Chairman of the Yad
Vashem Directorate Dr. Yitzhak Arad, for his book The History
of the Holocaust—Soviet Union and Annexed Areas. This
two-volume work is part of the critical series on the Holocaust
published by Yad Vashem. It covers the fate of Jews under Nazi
occupation in the Soviet Union and the annexed areas (including
the Baltic States, Bessarabia, and North Bukovina, West Belorussia,
and West Ukraine). Dr. Arad received the prize from Ms. Rosine
Bron (representing the Buchman family) on 28 December, in a
ceremony held Yad Vashem.
The author is Academic Assistant to the Head of the International
Institute for Holocaust Research
Copyright ©2004 Yad Vashem The Holocaust
Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority |
