Migrant Knowledge

Migrant Knowledge

Tag: Holocaust

Roundup of calls for papers, submissions, conference reports, new publications relevant to Migrant Knowledge.

#MigKnow Notes 19

Call for proposals from the Moses Mendelssohn Center for European-Jewish Studies for an online source portal called "History of the German-Jewish Diaspora"

Call for Proposals: Online Source Portal ‘History of the German-Jewish Diaspora’

CfP for Mapping German Film Exile: A Transnational Perspective

CfP: Mapping German Film Exile: A Transnational Perspective

Call for papers for workshop at USC Los Angeles from 28-29 June 2024 on Archives in/of Transit

Archives in/of Transit: Historical Perspectives from the 1930s to the Present

Examines letters written to RELICO during the war by individuals seeking to share knowledge with loved ones or to receive information about them. Contextualizing the letters allows us to better appreciate the personalized knowledge transfer that occurred on a mass scale.

‘I beg you again from my heart to help me find my sister’: RELICO and the Need for Knowledge

Anne-Christin Klotz has published a new book with De Gruyter, Gemeinsam gegen Deutschland, analyzing the Yiddish press in Poland, 1930-1941.

New Book from the Network: Yiddish Press in Poland in the Nazi Era

Anne-Christin Klotz

Finding suitable teaching materials to prepare Jewish children and youth for their new lives in Palestine after having survived the Holocaust presented a unique set of challenges.

Some Challenges for Knowledge Transfer in Jewish Displaced Persons Camps after World War II

Matthias Springborn

How to name people who move their lives across borders willingly or under duress? Eliyana Adler discusses the diverse terms contemporaries used to identify the various groups of Polish Jews who survived World War II as refugees in the Soviet Union.

What’s in a Name? How Titles Construct and Convey Knowledge about Migrants

Eliyana R. Adler

Through playtime, Jewish refugee children in Shanghai acquired specific knowledge about their new home through sources unavailable to adults refugees.

The Power of Play: Jewish Refugee Children in World War II Shanghai

Wolf Gruner's 2016 monograph is now available in English as 'The Holocaust in Bohemia and Moravia: Czech Initiatives, German Policies, Jewish Responses.'

New Book from the Network: The Holocaust in Bohemia and Moravia