1 ST DAY
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MARCH 22
MORNING SESSION
9.00
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9.30
Registration of the participants
9.30
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10.30
Opening of the Conference
(Welcome speeches by IHRA Chair, VGSJM director and Killing Sites SC MYWP Chair)
Moderator: Dr. David Silberklang, International Institute for Holocaust Research, Yad Vashem;

10.45
Keynote Speech:
Framing the historical background and the broader approach
(Dr. Christoph Dieckmann, Fritz Bauer Institute

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11.45
Current work in Paneriai mass killing site
(Neringa Latvytė-Gustaitienė, Vilna Gaon State Jewish Museum)

13:00
Presentation and discussion on Identification (field work, research, archives, database)
Moderator: Dr. David Silberklang

Ukraine
Romania
Belarus
Lithuania
Latvia

15:00
Market Place
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16:30
Presentation and discussion on Marking (preservation, legal and religious issues)
Moderator: Dr. Thomas Lutz, Memorial Museums Department of the Topography of Terror Foundation in Berlin
Ukraine
Belarus
Romania
Lithuania
Latvia

18:45
Presentation and discussion on Commemoration (remembrance, education)
Moderator: Dr. Piotr Trojański, Pedagogical University of Krakow
Ukraine
Romania
Belarus
Lithuania
Latvia
and Estonia

2ND DAY
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MARCH 23
MORNING SESSION
9.00

Parallel Workshops:
Workshop 1 – Identification
Workshop 2 – Marking
Workshop 3 – Commemoration

AFTERNOON SESSION
14.00

Parallel Workshops:
Workshop 1 - Identification
Workshop 2 - Marking
Workshop 3 – Commemoration

18.00
Workshop reports, discussion and closing remarks

GENERAL INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION

Optional visits to sites will be organized day before and after the conference on March 21
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Tour of Jewish Vilnius and the Ghetto) and on March 24 (10.00–14.00: Trip to Paneriai and smaller mass killing site near Vilnius).
There is no conference fee, but the IHRA will not be able to cover travel and accommodation.
We will be blocking out rooms at the hotel at special rates.
If you would like to attend the conference, please visit the website
http://www.jmuseum.lt:
under the column IHRA Conference 2017
on the first page you will find registration form, preliminary conference program and information on the suggested hotels.
In case you are interested to participate at the “Marketplace”, kindly include a short description of what you want to present and
how much space will be needed.
Please send the completed registration form to the following e-mail address
IHRAVilnius2017@gmail.com