Programs on the Unfolding of the Holocaust in Europe

Our Programs on the Unfolding of the Holocaust in Europe foster research in regions where the Holocaust took place and where its study received limited societal, institutional, and financial support. While centered on and in Eastern Europe—the site of the mass murder of European Jewry—our work supports scholarship and networks of researchers across the continent.

Sustaining Holocaust research in Ukraine is a core priority of our programming. The generosity of the Piotr and Basheva Polsky Memorial Initiative for the Study of Ukrainian Jewry enables us to provide support and guidance to Holocaust scholars in Ukraine through a dedicated stipend program.

Previous programs

• New Perspectives on Researching and Teaching the Holocaust in Ukraine and Romania 2025 (Seminar in Iasi, Romania)

• Jewish Life in the Baltic Region Before, During, and After the Holocaust 2024 (International Conference in Riga, Latvia)

• Art and Literature of the Holocaust in the Soviet Union 2023 (Workshop at USHMM)

• Contradictory Sources: Specific Problems of the Holocaust in the Soviet Union 2022 (Workshop in Jerusalem, Israel)

• Wehrmacht Detention Sites and the Holocaust 2022 (online International Conference)

• Everyday Life of Jews in the USSR during the Holocaust and its Early Aftermath 2021 (online Workshop)