Public at the conference. Yad Vashem, 20 November 2017
Participants of the conference. Yad Vashem, 20 November 2017
Staff members of the Moshe Mirilashvili Center for Research on the Holocaust in the Soviet Union
Dr. Zeev Levin lecturing during the conference. Yad Vashem, 20 November 2017
Prof. Eliyana R. Adler lecturing during the conference. Yad Vashem, 20 November 2017
Pessia Farsi lecturing during the conference. Yad Vashem, 20 November 2017
Shlomit Shulhani lecturing during the conference. Yad Vashem, 20 November 2017
Public at the conference. Yad Vashem, 20 November 2017
Participants of the conference. Yad Vashem, 20 November 2017
Staff members of the Moshe Mirilashvili Center for Research on the Holocaust in the Soviet Union
Dr. Zeev Levin lecturing during the conference. Yad Vashem, 20 November 2017
Prof. Eliyana R. Adler lecturing during the conference. Yad Vashem, 20 November 2017
Pessia Farsi lecturing during the conference. Yad Vashem, 20 November 2017
Shlomit Shulhani lecturing during the conference. Yad Vashem, 20 November 2017
Program of the conference
09:30-10:00
Gathering
10:00-10:15
Opening Remarks
Arkadi Zeltser, Director of the Moshe Mirilashvili Center for Research on the Holocaust in the Soviet Union, Yad Vashem, Jerusalem
Dan Michman, Head of the International Institute for Holocaust Research, Incumbent of the John Najmann Chair for Holocaust Studies, Yad Vashem, Jerusalem; Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan
10:15-11:45
Session 1
Chair: Dalia Ofer, The Hebrew University in Jerusalem
Anna Shternshis, University of Toronto
“I Go Away from My Mother’s Grave”: Soviet Jewish Orphans during World War II
Natalia Aleksiun, Touro College, New York
Family Networks and Surviving the Holocaust in Eastern Galicia
Lea Prais, Yad Vashem, Jerusalem
"Sterilized" Family: The Lithuanian Jewish Family as Reflected in the Diaries
Discussion
11:45-12:45
Lunch Break
12:45-14:15
Session 2
Chair: Dina Porat, Chief Historian of Yad Vashem, Jerusalem; Tel Aviv University
Atina Grossmann, Cooper Union, New York
"Mama Tried Her Best": Gender, Generation, Trauma, and Adventure in the History and Memory of Jewish Refugees in the Soviet Union during the Holocaust
Zeev Levin, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
The Beck's Family Journey, From Poland to Siberia, Central Asia and Back: A Survival Guide
Eliyana R. Adler, Pennsylvania State University, USA
Packages as a Means of Family Contact and Mutual Relief within the USSR and across Borders
Discussion
14:15-14:30
Break
14:30-16:00
Session 3
Chair: Naama Shik, The International School for Holocaust Studies, Yad Vashem
Inna Gerasimova, Independent Scholar, Wiesbaden
West-Belarusian Jewish Families under German Rule: The Price of Survival
Pessia Farsi, Tel Aviv University
Issues in Jewish Matrimony Laws After World War II: Marriage, Divorce and Agunoth in Wetzlar DP Camp
Shlomit Shulhani, Yad Vashem, Jerusalem
Jew Against Their Will: Descendants of Mix-marriage Families during the Holocaust
The conference was held in English, Hebrew and Russian with simultaneous translation
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