The International Institute for Holocaust Research

Prof. David Engel presenting a lecture at the Institute
Dr. Alfred Gottwaldt presenting information from his book, Einenbahner gegen Hitler
Mr. Uwe Neumaerker, Director of Public Relations, Foundation Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, and Dr. Daniel Uziel speaking together prior to Neumaerker’s lecture

Throughout the year the International Institute for Holocaust Research organizes scholars’ forums, research seminars, symposia, workshops, and conferences on central issues in Holocaust research. 

Research Seminars for Guest Lecturers take place throughout the year at the Institute. The lectures presented by guest scholars provide the Institute’s fellows, staff members of Yad Vashem, and other interested scholars with the unique opportunity to learn about new research on topics related to the Holocaust, which until now have either been neglected or needed reexamination.  

Recent and upcoming lecturers and their topics include:

14 October 2009, Dr. Uwe Neumaerker, Foundation Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe
Reunified Germany’s Politics of Memory in its Capital Berlin – A Tour d’horizon

2 November 2009, Dr. Eleonora Bergman, Jewish Historic Institute in Warsaw (ZIH)
The Ringelblum Archive and Its People

8 November 2009, Dr. Alfred Gottwaldt, German Museum of Technology, Berlin
Railwaymen against Hitler. Resistance Among Railway Workers, i.e. Hiding Jews

19 November 2009, Dr. David Engel, Maurice R. and Connie P. Greenberg Professor of Holocaust Studies, Prof. of Hebrew and Judaic Studies, New York University
How can Holocaust Researchers Benefit from the Knowledge of Contemporary Jewish Historiography

26 November 2009, Dr. Danny Orbach, Harvard University
The German Resistance Movement and the Holocaust:  A Reassessment

2 December 2009, Dr. Gőtz Aly,
Sociology of Antisemitism in the 19th and early 20th Centuries

31 December 2009, Prof. David Cesarani, Research Professor in History, Royal Holloway – University of London
Early Postwar Efforts to Reveal and Disseminate Information About Jewish Suffering During the War and the Myth of Silence

21 January 2010, Dr. Moshe Arens, Israeli Aeronautical Engineer, Researcher and Former Minister of Defense and Former Foreign Minister
 The Jewish Military Organization (ŻZW) in the Warsaw Ghetto

Date to be Announced, Dr. Norbert Frei, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena