Representing Anne Frank in Times of Artificial Intelligence By Kees Ribbens PhD Kees Ribbens PhD is a senior researcher at the NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies in Amsterdam, and Endowed Professor of Popular Historical Culture of Global Conflicts and Mass Violence at the Erasmus University Rotterdam. Public history, in the broadest sense … Continue reading Is DeepFake the Future of Holocaust Memory?
Genocide and its Discontents
Christopher Hale is a documentary producer and non-fiction author. He has written about the Nazi genocide in ‘Himmler’s Crusade’, ‘Hitler’s Foreign Executioners’ and ‘Deception: How the Nazis Tricked the Last Jews of Europe’. In 2020, he graduated from the University of Edinburgh School of Law with an LLM in Human Rights – focusing on the … Continue reading Genocide and its Discontents
Educating People to Speak Up Against Anti-Semitism and Hate: Theatre Performance of ‘Thin Edge of the Wedge’
By Phyllis Zimbler Miller Phyllis Zimbler Miller is a screenwriter, playwright and published author in Los Angeles whose free nonfiction theater project www.ThinEdgeOfTheWedge.com has been developed to combat anti-Semitism and hate while encouraging critical thinking. She is also the co-author of the Jewish holiday book SEASONS FOR CELEBRATION. Definition of "thin edge of the wedge": A minor … Continue reading Educating People to Speak Up Against Anti-Semitism and Hate: Theatre Performance of ‘Thin Edge of the Wedge’
‘Light in the Tunnel’: Witnessing to the Holocaust and Nazi Persecution as Intertwined Light and Darkness
By Mie Astrup Jensen and Robert Thompson Mie Astrup Jensen is an ESRC funded PhD researcher in Gender and sexuality studies and Hebrew and Jewish studies, University College London (UCL). She researches lesbian, bi, and queer Jewish women’s lived experiences in England and Israel. Robert Thompson is a Wolfson Foundation PhD Scholar in the Hebrew … Continue reading ‘Light in the Tunnel’: Witnessing to the Holocaust and Nazi Persecution as Intertwined Light and Darkness
HMD 2021: In conversation with Holocaust Survivor Zigi Shipper (BEM)
by Hannah WilsonWeb, Blog and Social Media Coordinator, British Association for Holocaust Studies “Why shouldn’t I be happy? Whatever Hitler tried to do, I’ve got six grandchildren, two daughters, three great grandchildren. Why shouldn’t I enjoy life? And I do enjoy life, I always did.” - Zigi Shipper A short time ago, I was invited … Continue reading HMD 2021: In conversation with Holocaust Survivor Zigi Shipper (BEM)
The Holocaust in Radoszkowice (Belarus) – In memory of Baruch Shuv (1924-2020)
Dr. Daniela Ozacky-Stern Dr. Daniela Ozacky-Stern is a Post-doctoral researcher in the Institute of Holocaust Research, at Bar-Ilan University, Israel. Additionally, she is a lecturer at The Holocaust Studies Program at The Western Galilee College, in Akko, Israel. She conducted her postdoctoral research at Yad Vashem, researching Jewish escapes to the forest during theHolocaust, and was … Continue reading The Holocaust in Radoszkowice (Belarus) – In memory of Baruch Shuv (1924-2020)
An Evening with Dorit Oliver-Wolff (BEM): Pop Star, Pin Up and Holocaust Survivor
The British Association for Holocaust Studies presents: An Evening with Dorit Oliver-Wolff (BEM): Pop Star, Pin Up and Holocaust Survivor In conversation with Hannah Wilson & Elizabeth Kendrick Thursday 17th December 2020, 5pm (GMT) In this very special online event, BAHS is proud to host the wonderful Dorit Oliver-Wolff, who was recently awarded the British … Continue reading An Evening with Dorit Oliver-Wolff (BEM): Pop Star, Pin Up and Holocaust Survivor
The Holocaust as “Another Genocide”
By Peter Morgan Peter Morgan was a secondary school History teacher for 21 years and has worked in Holocaust education with the Centre for Holocaust Education at UCL and the Holocaust Educational Trust. As part of his PhD, he is currently researching British discourses about the Armenian genocide 1915-23. He is based in the School … Continue reading The Holocaust as “Another Genocide”
Online Roundtable: “After the War: Auschwitz to Ambleside”
The British Association for Holocaust Studies Presents: “After the War: Auschwitz to Ambleside”: A Roundtable with children’s Author Tom Palmer, Trevor Avery of the Lake District Holocaust Project and Helen McCord of the UCL Centre for Holocaust Education (Hosted by Hannah Wilson & Elizabeth Kendrick) Monday 30th November, 6pm - 7:30pm (GMT) In this dynamic … Continue reading Online Roundtable: “After the War: Auschwitz to Ambleside”
The Admiral who admired Hitler: Sir Barry Domvile, Nazism and early Historical Revisionism
By Steven Woodbridge Dr. Steven Woodbridge is Senior Lecturer in History at Kingston University, Surrey. In 1947 an autobiography was published entitled From Admiral to Cabin Boy. It had been penned by a former British Navy Admiral, Sir Barry Domvile, shortly after he was released from internment in 1943. However, it was not a conventional … Continue reading The Admiral who admired Hitler: Sir Barry Domvile, Nazism and early Historical Revisionism
The British and Irish Association for Holocaust Studies 