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No. 51 January 2011
Note from the Editor
Sixteen years ago, our Bulletin appeared for the first time in Russian and English. The make-up of the editorial board saw changes but we persisted in exposing our readers to information on our educational and scientific programs, conferences and seminars, new publications, and Holocaust commemoration events. What matters is not only that we are read in pseudo-patriotic circles in «Nash sovremennik» (vols. 1-8, 10, 2010) who desperately try to protect Holocaust deniers, but first and foremost, by Russian and foreign teachers and scholars. This may be learnt from the fact that there is a growing demand for the Bulletin in Russia and post-Soviet states.
Let me cherish the hope that we do not stop. That the Russian state permanently supports Holocaust educational programs led to concrete results: for the first time since its inception, more than 1,000 schoolchildren, teachers, and students, most of them representing Russian periphery, took part in our contest. This serves as a weighty argument to further cooperation with educational authorities in Russian periphery. This issue will emphasize our projects conducted jointly with the Museum of the Holocaust and Jewish Heritage at Poklonnaya Gora. As always, the issue contains material on new publications that appeared within the framework of the Russian Holocaust Library.
03. February / Holocaust Center: Participation in the 18. International Conference on Jewish Studies „Sefer“
On 3 February, the 18th Annual International Conference on Jewish Studies „Sefer“ ended in Moscow. The event lasted three days. At the plenary session Ilya Altman presented the new book series of the Russian Holocaust Library, including the second edition of the Encyclopaedia of the „Holocaust on the territory of the USSR“. During the meeting of the section „History of the Holocaust“, which was lead by Arkadi Zeltser (Yad Vashem) and Ilya Altman, 21 presentations were held, including a lecture by the President of the Holocaust Foundation Alla Gerber. Dr. Kiril Feferman held a lecture on the influence of the Holocaust in world history and the role of the Holocaust in the Caucasus. Around 40 scholars from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Israel and the U.S. were attending this event. During a meeting at the Jewish Museum, Ilya Altman talked about the Holocaust on the territory of Russia: the sources, historiography and its memory.
