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Fridays and Holiday eves: 09:00-14:00
Yad Vashem is closed on Saturdays and all Jewish Holidays.
Entrance to the Holocaust History Museum is not permitted for children under the age of 10. Babies in strollers or carriers will not be permitted to enter.
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 |
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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 |
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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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