Simon Wiesenthal Lectures
The Simon Wiesenthal lecture series takes place regularly every six to eight weeks and aims to present the latest research findings on the Holocaust to both a professional and a broader audience. They take into account the impressive spectrum of this discipline, the numerous questions and issues from empirical-analytical historiography to topics of cultural studies and involve young scholars as well as established academics.
Since 2007, when the Vienna Wiesenthal Institute for Holocaust Studies (VWI) was still being established, the lecture series – at that time in cooperation with the Documentation Centre of Austrian Resistance (DÖW) and the Institute of Contemporary History at the University of Vienna– has developed into the flagship of the VWI's outreach activities as a supporting element in the communication of recent academic findings in the field of Holocaust research and Holocaust and genocide studies.
For over a decade, the Austrian State Archives generously offered shelter to the Simon Wiesenthal Lectures in the roof foyer of the Haus-, Hof- und Staatsarchiv. During the challenging years of the pandemic, the lectures were held online. From autumn 2022, in order to reach out to further audiences, a new cooperation partner was found in the Wien Museum. Until the reopening of the main location at Karlsplatz, the SWL will take place at MUSA, Felderstraße 6-8, next to the Vienna City Hall.
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| Edyta Gawron: Never Too Late to Remember, Never Too Late for Justice! Holocaust Research and Commemoration in Contemporary Poland | |||
Thursday, 2. May 2024, 18:30 - 20:00 Vienna Wiesenthal Institute, Research Lounge, 1010 Vienna, Rabensteig 3, 3rd Floor
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In 1994, Simon Wiesenthal received a doctorate honoris causa from the Jagiellonian University in Krakow for his lifelong quest for justice – half a century after he had been, for a short time, prisoner of the local Nazi Concentration Camp (KL) Plaszow. The 1990s were the decade when the uncovering of formerly censored layers of history triggered a new approach in Holocaust research and commemoration in Poland: In a process both fascinating and painful, the Polish people became aware of aspects of the Holocaust and its aftermath that had not been discussed publicly before, including the involvement of the locals in the persecution of the Jews. On 15 March 2024, the KL Plaszow Museum opened its outdoor exhibition “KL Plaszow. A Site After, a Site Without”, which uncovers the topography of the camp. Drawing on recent trends in Holocaust historiography in Poland, the lecture presents and analyses this exhibition proving that it is never too late to remember and bring justice to the victims. Edyta Gawron is a historian in the Institute of Jewish Studies at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow. She specialises in the 20th century history of Jews in Poland, particularly in Krakow. Gawron is the co-author and co-editor of several books, including Nie tylko Kroke. Historia Żydów krakowskich (Kroke and Beyond. The History of Krakow’s Jews), Krakow 2022. Für eine Teilnahme an der Veranstaltung registrieren Sie sich bitte unter This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. bis 30. April 2024. Mit der Teilnahme an dieser Veranstaltung stimmen Sie der Veröffentlichung von Fotos, Video- und Audioaufzeichnungen zu, die im Rahmen der Veranstaltung entstehen.
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