THIRD SIMON WIESENTHAL LECTURE: PAUL A. SHAPIRO
OPENING THE ARCHIVES OF THE INTERNATIONAL TRACING SERVICE. HOW DID IT HAPPEN? WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

Thursday, December 18, 2008, 6.30 p.m.
Location: Jewish Museum Vienna, Dorotheergasse 11, A-1010 Vienna

The archives of the International Tracing Service in Bad Arolsen, Germany, contains over 50 million World War II era documents relating to the fates of over 17.5 million people. Using samples and case studies, Paul Shapiro, who led the campaign to open the archives, provided an insider’s view of the years-long effort to open the collections for research and discussed the importance of this recent event for Holocaust survivors, other victims of National Socialism, and scholars.

Paul A. Shapiro, Dr., is Director of the Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington D.C.

Links: www.its-arolsen.org