"Fateful Communities – Jewish Ghettos in German-Occupied Eastern Europe, 1940–1945"
Panelists: Omer Bartov (Brown University), Hartmut Berghoff (GHI), Martin Dean (USHMM), Geoffrey Megargee (USHMM), Paul Shapiro (USHMM), and Sybille Steinbacher (University of Vienna)
In recent years, several encyclopedic works have been published that attempt to take stock of the current understanding of the Holocaust. The publication of the second volume of the USHMM's Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos, 1933-1945, Ghettos in German Occupied Eastern Europe provides a welcome occasion to talk about the opportunities and challenges of such efforts and to discuss their relevance for scholarship on the Holocaust in the twenty-first century.
In this panel discussion, the encyclopedia's editor-in-chief, Geoffrey Megargee (USHMM) will provide an overview of the encyclopedia project and the remaining challenges; Sybille Steinbacher (University of Vienna) will discuss the role of the ghettos in the Holocaust; Martin Dean (USHMM), the volume II editor, will share new findings on the regional patterns of ghettoization; and Omer Bartov (Brown University) will outline his recent research on Buczacz and other ghettos. The panel will be chaired by Hartmut Berghoff (GHI) and Paul Shapiro (USHMM). A general discussion will follow the panelists' presentations.
In collaboration with The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
The discussion starts at 6:00 p.m.
Please RSVP here (acceptance only) by Jan. 17.
