Program participants:
Stephen Naron,
director, Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University, USA
Dr. Gerhard Baumgartner,
director Documentation Center of Austrian Resistance, member of Austria’s IHRA delegation
Christian Wee,
director, Falstad Center, member of Norway’s IHRA delegation
H.E. Yahel Vilan
Ambassador of Israel
Petar Đurđev,
director, The Historical Archives of the City of Novi Sad
Miško Stanišić
director, Terraforming, member of Serbia’s IHRA delegation
Nevena Bajalica,
program manager, Terraforming,
member of Serbia’s IHRA delegation.
Presentations, panel discussions, and exhibition
25. January 25 Time: 13:00 – 15:00
Time: 13:00 – 15:00
Welcoming speeches by the officials
Presentations
- Video testimonies about the Novi Sad Raid in the collections of Yale University
Stephen Naron, director, Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University - Memories of a crime – commemoration and narratives about the Raid in southern Bačka from 1945 until today
Petar Đurđev,, director, The Historical Archives of the City of Novi Sad
Panel: ”The future of memory/remembrance”
- Dr. Gerhard Baumgartner,director, Documentation Center of Austrian Resistance,member of Austria’s IHRA delegation
- Christian Wee, director, Falstad Center,member of Norway’s IHRA delegation
- H.E. Yahel Vilan Ambassador of Israel in Serbia,
- Moderator: Miško Stanišić director, Terraforming
Exhibition: “Eighty”
On the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the Raid in southern Bačka, The Historical Archives of the City of Novi Sad prepared the exhibition “Eighty”.
The names and information of eighty victims of this crime were presented to the public in order to point out that behind the impersonal numbers and statistics are real people, our former fellow citizens, neighbors, relatives, and friends, who led ordinary lives, engaged in their daily activities, and formed an integral part of our community. They all left a mark on the face of our city, which we may not even be aware of, but if we look around a little better, and if we do not allow ignorance and oblivion to swallow them, we can recognize, respect, and preserve that mark.
The program of the first day was realized as part of the project ”Holocaust, European Values and local history” organised by Terraforming and The Archives of Vojvodina, within partnership with the Historical Archives of the City of Novi Sad and a number of other domestic and international partners, and with the support International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, Višegrad Fund, Ministry of Education of the Republic of Austria and Ministry of Culture and Information of the Republic of Serbia.
Seminar for archivists, museum curators, teachers, and librarians
26. January 25 Time: 13:00 – 15:00
Time: 13:00 – 15:00
Challenging antisemitism and antisemitic myths
Jewish communities before the Holocaust
Online participation from:
- Jewish Museum of Greece, Athens,
- The Galicia Jewish Museum, Krakow,
- Centropa, Hamburg and
- JKPeV, Dresden
Lectures:
Testimonies and video testimonies of the Holocaust – cooperation with Serbian archives
Stephen Naron
Contemporary antisemitism
Nevena Bajalica,
Persecution of the Roma and Sinti
Dr. Gerhard Baumgartner
Follow-up according to the HANNAH training program
This segment of the program is part of the HANA (HANNAH) project,which aims to inform and educate about the long history of Jewish communities, and to raise awareness against antisemitism through training and education of teachers, librarians, archivists, and policymakers. The project was implemented through the European Union “Rights, Equality and Citizenship” program, and was supported by the Ministry of Culture and Information of the Republic of Serbia, and the Government of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina through funds allocated by the Provincial Secretariat for Finance for the co-financing of EU projects.
