Holocaust Education, Remembrance and Research
Panels
Saturday, June 27, 14:00, Prague Congress CentreThematic Expert Round Table – "Genocide of Czech Roma and New Educational Projects in Czech Republic and Abroad"
Speakers:
- Petr Lhotka (Czech Republic) - Genocide of Czech Roma
- Jana Horváthová (Czech Republic, Museum of Romani Culture) - Education About Roma Genocide, a Czech Example
- Gerhard Baumgartner (Austria, Austrian Roma Documentation Centre) - Austrian Roma Under the Holocaust and the Problems of Restitution
- Edvard Serotta (Austria, Centropa) - Library of Rescued Memories (exhibition and films)
Break:
- Jan Špringl (Czech Republic, Terezin Memorial) - New Approaches to Educational Programs of Terezin Memorial
- Mirka Ludvíková (Czech Republic, Jewish Museum in Prague) - New Approaches to Education in ECC of Jewish Museum in Prague
- Oded Breda (Israel, Beit Terezin) - The Role of Beit Terezin, Education and Remembrance
- Karl Bernd Vogel (Germany, Foundation Leo Baeck Terezín) - Leo Beck Center in Terezin
- Denisa Haubertová (Czech Republic, Office of the Government) - Idea of a European Institute for Legacy of the Shoa
Opening speech:
- Benedikt Haller (Germany, Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
- Jan Munk (Czech Republic, Terezín Memorial)
- David Marwell (United States, Museum of Jewish Heritage)
- Wolf Kaiser (Germany, House of the Wannsee Conference) - Overview About the Field of Education
- Natalia Rykova (Russia, Moscow Bureau for Human Rights) - Education about Holocaust in Russia
- Nancy Petschek-Kohn (United States, Holocaust and Human Rights Education Center) - Holocaust Education Over the Past 10 Years
Power Point Presentation
Chair:
- Michael-Thomas Baier (Austria, Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs)
- Richell Budd-Caplan (Isreal, Yad Vashem) - The Educational Sustainability of Holocaust Remembrance
- Thomas Lutz (Germany, Topography of Terror Foundation) - Memorial Museums and ITF
- Sara J. Bloomfield (United States, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum) - The Mission and Impact of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Chair:
- Paul Dostert (Luxembourg, Conseil National de la Résistance)
- Steven T. Katz (United States, Elie Wiesel Center for Judaic Studies) - Under-Researched Areas of the Holocaust
- Paul Shapiro (United States, Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies) - Research Resources, Priorities and Opportunities for the Coming Decade
- Susanne Uslu-Pauer (Austria, Archive of Jewish Community in Vienna) - Archive of the Jewish Community of Vienna
Chair:
- Karel Fracapane (France, Shoah Memorial)
- Astrid Messerschmidt (Germany, Universität Flensburg) - Europe’s Changing Demography
- Monique Eckman (Switzerland, Geneva School of Social Work) - Holocaust Education as a Human Rights Tool
- Wesley Fisher (United States, Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany) - Funding Needs of a Sustainable Basis for Holocaust Education, Remembrance and Research
Power Point
Preparatory meetings
- 1.3 Part 1: Bratislava
- 19.3 Part 2: Berlin
