The International Institute for Holocaust Research

Prof. Bob Moore, University of Sheffield, presenting his lecture, “Structures of Rescue: key Determinants in the Survival of Jews in Western Europe During the Holocaust”
Prof. Lenore Weitzman, George Madison University, presenting her paper on “Saving Lives: The Activities of the Bund, Zegota, Dror and Hashomer HaTza’ir to Help Jews Escape, Hide and Pass on the Aryan Side in Poland” during the International Conference 19-21 December 2010
Ihediwa Nkemjika Chimee, PhD candidate – University of Nigeria, speaking at the International Conference on Hiding Sheltering and Borrowing Identities, 19-21 December 2010
Prof. Jan Grabowski, University of Toronto, speaking on “Failed Attempts at Rescue” at the International Conference on 19 December 2010
Prof. Jeffrey Burds, Northeastern University, delivering his presentation “Shmal’tsovniki: Bounty Hunters in German-Occupied Galicia, 1941-1944”

The International Institute for Holocaust Research is active in developing and coordinating international research; planning and undertaking scholarly projects; organizing symposia, workshops and international conferences. It has been the tradition at Yad Vashem for over forty years to biennially host a major international conference. Throughout the year the Institute hosts smaller international conferences as well as national conferences. The upcoming and most recent conferences include:

• 19-21 December 2010
  Hiding, Sheltering and Borrowing Identities
  Conference Abstracts
  Conference Description by Prof. Antony Polonsky
• 3-6 October 2010
  The Aftermath of the Holocaust: Poland 1944-2010
• 8-11 December 2008
  The Holocaust, the Survivors, and the State of Israel
  Publication is forthcoming.
• 20-21 May 2008 Joint Conference
  Yad Vashem, University of Tirana, and Bar-Ilan University
  Albania, the Albanians and the Holocaust: An Extraordinary Mini-Case in Context
  Publication is forthcoming.
• 28-30 April 2008 Joint Conference
  Yad Vashem and the Ben Zvi Institute
  North Africa and Its Jews During the Second World War:  New Research
  Publication is forthcoming.
• 24-25 January 2007
  The Holocaust, Medicine and Medical Ethics
  A Conference Marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day 
  Publication is forthcoming.
• 19-21 December 2006
  Holocaust and Justice: Post-War Trials and the Holocaust: Representation, Awareness and Historiography
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• 21-24 November 2004
  Holocaust Research in Context: The Emergence of Research Centers and Approaches

  The lectures presented in this conference were collected and published by the Institute in 2008.  The anthology, Holocaust Historiography in Context:  Emergence, Challenges, Polemics, and Achievements, is a new and thought provoking collection on issues and perspectives in Holocaust research in various countries, with leading historians on the implications of their work.  From overviews by Hilberg and Michman through the early beginnings of Holocaust research and the emergence of Jewish research centers, the articles focus on the national context of history studies.