October 15, 2008

The Blavatnik Archive Foundation Co-Sponsors International Conference Entitled Soviet Jewish Soldiers, Jewish Resistance, and Jews in the USSR During the Holocaust

The Center for Jewish History, New York University, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and the Blavatnik Archive present:

Soviet Jewish Soldiers, Jewish Resistance, and Jews in the USSR During the Holocaust International Conference

Since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, masses of rich material have become available providing new insights into previously underresearched aspects of the Holocaust and World War II on Soviet territory. This conference looks at those insights, examining the Soviet Jewish experience during World War II and the Holocaust.

The conference focuses on Soviet Jews in armed combat in the struggle against the Nazis and their collaborators; Soviet Jewish life and culture during the war; collaboration as a Soviet and post-Soviet issue; the Holocaust and the evolution of Soviet Jewish consciousness; German, Axis, and Soviet policies and attitudes during the Holocaust; Nazi and Axis camps and ghettos in the Soviet Union; and representations of Jewish soldiers in the press, literature, and films.

This 2-day conference begins Sunday, November 16, at 10:00 a.m. at the Center for Jewish History and continues Monday, November 17, at 1:00 p.m. at New York University.

Admission is free; please call (212) 998-8981 to register.
                             
For a full program and registration information, please visit the Center for Jewish History (new window).