Uncovering New Narratives of the Holocaust in European and Canadian Archives
Wednesday, November 7th, 2018
| Date | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Wednesday, November 7, 2018 | 1:00PM - 4:00PM | The Vivian and David Campbell Conference Facility, 1 Devonshire Place |
Description
A featured event for Holocaust Education Week presented by the cultural service of the French Embassy, the Goethe Institut Toronto, the Austrian Embassy, the Alliance Française, in collaboration with the CEFMF (Centre d’études de la France et du Monde Francophone) at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, with the support of the EUNIC Cluster Fund.
Entrance free
This event will be held in English. Please follow the registration link above for a full program.
With millions of pages of historical documents, photographs and film recorded by perpetrators, victims and rescuers, along with thousands of hours of recorded testimony from survivors as well as perpetrators, the Holocaust is the most documented case of genocide in the world. Yet much remains unknown, awaiting discovery.
This year’s program sheds light on untold stories, new research, and marginalized histories of the Holocaust. Holocaust Education Week 2018 creates a platform for them to be heard and understood, expanding the familiar picture and leading us to a more robust and complex understanding of the multidimensional nature of the Holocaust.
The postwar trials, the opening of the Red Cross archives through the International Tracing Service, and the fall of communism in Eastern Europe which enabled scholars to access Soviet-era holdings, all contributed to new insights into the complexity and context of how the Holocaust unfolded. Yet even with access to these extensive collections, much remains unknown, awaiting discovery.
In partnership with the Neuberger Center and Holocaust Education Week, the Toronto EUNIC cluster (Goethe Institute, Alliance Française, Austrian Forum, Istituto Italiano) and the Centre for the Study of France and the Francophone World (CEFMF) at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy are working to cast light on lesser-known narratives of the Holocaust, gathered through original and innovative archival work.
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