Day 1: October 8th 2018
12:30
Welcome: Floriane Hohenberg and Henning Borggräfe
(International Tracing Service)
13:00–15:00
Panel 1: The Early Search for Missing Persons and Documents (Part I)
Introduction: Christian Höschler (International Tracing Service)
René Bienert (Vienna Wiesenthal Institute for Holocaust Studies):
Überlebende(n) helfen: Simon Wiesenthal und die frühe Suche nach NS-Verbrechern
Anna Koch (The Foundation for the Memory of the Shoah):
"Never another word about them": Italian Jews’ Search for Deported Relatives in the Immediate Aftermath of the Holocaust
Silke von der Emde (Vassar College):
Recovering a Displaced Archive: DP Employees of the ITS in Bad Arolsen
Chair: Suzanne Brown-Fleming (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum)
15:00–15:30 Coffee
15:30–17:30
Panel 2: The Early Search for Missing Persons and Documents (Part II)
Rüdiger Overmans:
Die "anderen" Suchdienste. "Suchkulturen" in Deutschland von den 1920er Jahren bis in die Nachkriegszeit
Christine Schmidt (Wiener Library):
Those Left Behind. Early Search Efforts in Wartime and Postwar Britain
Linda G. Levi (American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee):
Family Search and Tracing Services of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee in the World War II Era
Maren Hachmeister (University of Munich):
Suchdienste in Polen und der Tschechoslowakei nach 1945 – zwischen humanitären Prinzipien und
sozialistischer Ideologie
Chair: Akim Jah (International Tracing Service)
17:30–18:00 Coffee
18:00–19:00
Keynote: Dan Stone (Royal Holloway, University of London):
On the Uses and Disadvantages of the ITS for History
19:00
Reception with Presentations on ITS-Related Activities in Research and Education
Elizabeth Anthony (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum):
Primary Source Supplements Based on Documents from the ITS Archive
Leonardo de Araújo (University of Bremen):
Marbles of Remembrance
Alina Bothe (Free University of Berlin):
Ausgewiesen! Berlin, 28. Oktober 1938. Die Geschichte der "Polenaktion"
Ute Hoffmann (Bernburg Memorial):
"Sonderbehandlung 14f13"
Sebastian Huhn (Osnabrück University):
Transnationale Erinnerung an Zwangsarbeit und Migration
Anja Kruse (Leipzig Nazi Forced Labour Memorial):
NS-Zwangsarbeit in Leipzig und beim Rüstungskonzern HASAG
Elisabeth Schwabauer (International Tracing Service):
Archivpädagogik und Bildungsformate des ITS
Christiane Weber (International Tracing Service):
The e-Guide—an Online Tool for Understanding Documents from the ITS Archive
Giora Zwilling (International Tracing Service):
ITS Digital Collections Online
Day 2: October 9th 2018
09:00–11:00
Panel 3: Tracing Methods and the Clarification of Fates over Time
Introduction: Anna Meier-Osiński (International Tracing Service)
Zvi Bernhard (Yad Vashem):
From Shaaraliya to IAJGS—Changes in Yad Vashem’s Role in Renewing Families Ties
Jost Rebentisch (Federal Association Information and Advice for Survivors of Nazi Persecution):
Verweigerte Anerkennung – Von der Nachweissuche für NS-Zwangsarbeiter/innen zu offenen Fragen deutscher Entschädigung und Unterstützung der Folgegenerationen
Diane Afoumado (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum):
ITS Research at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum for Descendants of Holocaust Victims and Survivors
Chair: Constantin Goschler (Ruhr-University Bochum)
11:00–11:30 Coffee
11:30–13:30
Panel 4: The Search for Documents and the Structuring of Archives
Introduction: Henning Borggräfe (International Tracing Service)
Kerstin Hofmann (International Tracing Service):
"Schock ob der Fülle des Materials" – die Zentrale Stelle in Ludwigsburg und die langwierige Suche nach Beweisdokumenten
Haim Gertner (Yad Vashem):
"To Collect, Examine and Publish all Testimony on the Shoah" – the Development of the Documentation Collection Process at Yad Vashem from 1946 until Today
Edwin Klijn (NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies):
Linking and Enriching Archival Collections in the Digital Age – the Netwerk Oorlogsbronnen Project
Chair: Christian Groh (International Tracing Service)
13:30–14:30 Lunch
14:30–16:30
Panel 5: Archives and the Politics of History and Remembrance
Introduction: Isabel Panek (International Tracing Service)
Ovidiu Creanga (Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany):
The Claims Conference, the ITS Archive, and the Production of Historical Evidence of Persecution for Compensation Programs
Andreas Hilger (German Historical Institute Moscow):
Erinnerungslücken und Erinnerungsschlachten. Erinnerungspolitik in Osteuropa
Rebecca Boehling (University of Maryland, Baltimore County):
From Tracing and Fate Clarification to Research Center: The Role of International Players and Cultures of Memory in Shaping the Identity of the ITS
Chair: Jens-Christian Wagner (Lower Saxony Memorials Foundation)
16:30–17:00 Coffee
17:00–19:00
Panel Discussion About Online Archives and Interactive Digital Services
Sheila Anderson (King’s College London)
Haim Gertner (Yad Vashem)
Floriane Hohenberg (International Tracing Service)
Christoph Rass (Osnabrück University)
Arye Schreiber (MyEDPO)
Chair: Puck Huitsing (Netwerk Oorlogsbronnen)