Dr Barnabas Balint, University of Oxford/UCL Institute of Advanced Studies At the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM), new discoveries about the history of the Holocaust are made each day. Families explore their past, researchers uncover new histories, and curators investigate the latest acquisitions and donations to the collections. It is a process of never-ending … Continue reading Play Review: ‘Here There Are Blueberries’
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Kobryn, Belarus: A Tale of One City, the Holocaust, and a Family Secret Through Reading a Yizkor Book
Dr Daniela Ozacky Stern Over the last hundred years, the city of Kobryn has known four different regimes: Polish, Soviet, German, and Belarussian. The upheavals of the twentieth century left their mark on its residents, mainly on its thriving Jewish community, which no longer exists. In 1951, a small group of Jewish survivors issued a … Continue reading Kobryn, Belarus: A Tale of One City, the Holocaust, and a Family Secret Through Reading a Yizkor Book
Academic Review: “One Life” (2023), The Promotion of a British Holocaust Hero
This blog presents the responses of three academics who specialise in history and memory of the Kindertransport and refugees to James Hawes’ "One Life", starring Sir Anthony Hopkins, released in UK cinemas in January 2023. The word ‘Kindertransport’ is used to describe the large scale transportation by train of ten thousand endangered, mostly Jewish, children … Continue reading Academic Review: “One Life” (2023), The Promotion of a British Holocaust Hero
The British and Irish Association for Holocaust Studies 