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Researcher @NIODAmsterdam | Holocaust and “mixed” marriages | Winner Yad Vashem book prize 🏆 | 📕 on Jewish Councils in W-Europe during WW2 @CambridgeUP |

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8 months
The word is out! My book 'Between Community and Collaboration' ( @CambridgeUP ) received the Yad Vashem International Book Prize for Holocaust Research. I feel extremely honoured & am in very good company. More info:
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Vandaag denkt Nederland de Holocaust. Binnenkort zou ik een lezing over de #Holocaust in Nederland geven aan de @HU_Utrecht maar gisteren kreeg ik te horen dat zij de serie schrappen vanwege de situatie in het Midden-Oosten. Een onbegrijpelijk besluit👇🏼
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[1/2] This is Juliette Stern. A brave woman. During #WW2 , she used her position in the French “Jewish Council” to clandestinely transfer Jewish children to non-Jewish families. She continued after the Gestapo suspected her. At great risk. Over 1,000 children were saved… #IWD2023
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My forthcoming @CambridgeUP book 📕 has a cover! Very happy with the result, and with the endorsements/reviews by wonderful and inspiring colleagues. For pre-order and more info:
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[1/5] Publication day! My author copies have not yet arrived, but I’m still excited. A🧵on what my book roughly is about. It's a comparative study of the 'Jewish Councils' in the Netherlands🇳🇱, Belgium🇧🇪 and France🇫🇷 during #WW2 .👉🏼 Why a comparative study?
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Very excited that the page proofs of my book have arrived today!📕 proofreading tips welcome 🙏🏼 @CambridgeUP #twitterstorians #pageproofs
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@NadiaBouras @MarjonneMaan @mariekehoogwout @tonfvandijk Wat mij vooral opvalt is dat steeds meer het idee lijkt te ontstaan dat #Holocaust educatie gelijk staat aan een “pro-Israël” standpunt. Dat is natuurlijk onzin. Op die manier wordt een hele academische discipline gepolitiseerd.
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Well…this just arrived 📕🥹Can’t thank enough all the people who helped me along the way, including my fantastic thesis supervisors @daniellee550 and Bob Moore @sheffielduni . And @CambridgeUP for the fantastic end result. ⁦ @CambridgeCore
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1/2 Visited the “Jewish ghetto” in #Venice . Most stolpersteine were of Jews who died after the liberation of #Auschwitz . A clear reminder that the #Holocaust did not stop with the liberation of the camps….
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What a splendid day to start my course “Topics in Holocaust Studies”. Gotta love teaching at @UvA_Amsterdam . The course is part of the MA programme Holocaust and Genocide Studies, offered at @NIODamsterdam #teaching
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Today is book launch day at @NIODamsterdam ! I spoke with @nrc about my work on the Jewish Councils, the #controversy that still surrounds this topic (esp. in 🇳🇱), and how a comparative approach leads to a better understanding 👉🏼
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Gisteren sprak ik op #Holocaust Memorial Day in Uden. Ik benadrukte dat hoewel de massamoord op 6 miljoen Joden vaak centraal staat, we niet moeten vergeten dat daar een langdurig proces van discriminatie en vervolging aan vooraf ging 👇🏼 @NIODamsterdam
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This just arrived in my mailbox 📫 So happy to see this article finally in print. Pm me if you’re interested in reading the article ✉️ ! Also noticed that an edited volume I published an article (“If this is a woman”) was reviewed very nicely in the very same issue.
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@Sanspareille @HU_Utrecht Dit is wat er gesteld werd in eerste instantie. Dat is nu net veranderd in “veiligheidsredenen”. Maar dit is nooit eerder benoemd.
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Page proofs of the Dutch 🇳🇱 translation of my book on “Jewish Councils” in Western Europe. Excited to see this in the bookstores soon!
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Expert meeting of the European Holocaust Research Infrastructure (EHRI). The start of the establishment of Dutch hub 🇳🇱of the project. Exciting programme, with talks about Digital Humanities AI and Big Data & Holocaust research. @EHRIproject
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@EltjoPieter @HU_Utrecht @CIDI_nieuws Zolang er ruimte is voor een open dialoog en ik volledig vrij sta lezingen in te kleden zoals ik dat zelf wil, ben ik altijd bereid om mijn kennis over de geschiedenis van de #Holocaust te delen.
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What a great talk Anne van Mourik and I just had with @ankahajkova about her latest book. It will be part of the #NIODRewind podcast series (more info soon). Great appetiser for the @SPUI25 event tonight. @NIODamsterdam
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I co-authored a “preliminary findings” report on the role of the Dutch railways during #WW2 and its responsibility for the deportation of #Jews and other groups. The #railways (Nederlandse Spoorwegen) will now fund a large research project on this topic. 👉🏼
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ONDERZOEK I Het NIOD start in het voorjaar van 2023 met een grootschalig onderzoek naar De Nederlandse Spoorwegen tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog. Het betreft een onderzoek in opdracht van NV NS dat naar verwachting ca. 3,5 jaar zal duren. Meer informatie:
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Standing inside the glass cage that protects the former house of #Westerbork transit camp commander Gemmeker. Fascinating choice to protect the house this way. Our students discuss what the future of this place should be @kampwesterbork @NIODamsterdam
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[1/4] YAY! Beyond excited to share that I was awarded a @NWO VENI grant for my new research project INTERMARRIAGE AND FAMILY. Can't wait to share new research findings on this topic the coming years. Short summary: ‘Intermarried’ couples and their families...
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188 veelbelovende onderzoekers uit de volle breedte van de wetenschap hebben een Veni-financiering ontvangen, gefeliciteerd! 🎉
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2 years
Amsterdam autumn mornings 🍂❤️
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Just found this in my mailbox. Excited to see the article I wrote on #female involvement in the #Jewish Councils of the Netherlands 🇳🇱 and France 🇫🇷 published. Congrats to the editors!
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[1/4] Not surprised. Financing #education , and especially a PhD, is becoming very hard. And this is a major problem. Not least because it will further hamper a diverse academic landscape. A short 🧵(as a #firstgen scholar)
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Op 3 mei komt de Nederlandse vertaling van mijn boek over “Joodse raden” in West-Europa uit. Het boek kreeg vorig jaar de @yadvashem prijs 🏆 voor Holocaust onderzoek en is een stuk betaalbaarder dan de Engelse editie🙏🏼
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The suggestion that dying of throat cancer would be Van den Bergh’s price to pay for his supposed betrayal of the Frank family is wrong on so many levels 🤯. Just reread this section of the cold case #AnneFrank betrayal book. Will talk about this project with my students today.
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Book flyer!📕Order with 20% discount . Code: BCC2022. Review: “[P]resents a fresh and innovative analysis of the Jewish Councils phenomenon [..]. The fascinating detailed and in-depth research turns this book into essential reading for scholars as well as…
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Fantastic “coffee lecture” by @CourtmanNick on the post-war naturalisation of Dutch Waffen-SS soldiers in West-Germany @NIODamsterdam . Fascinating how naturalisation requirements for convicted Nazis and their collaborators were systematically easened.
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Our students meet Patrick Debois at @NIODamsterdam this morning. He will give the #Auschwitz Never Again lecture today. All the more important after @ClaimsCon ’s report that there is an alarming lack of knowledge about the #holocaust in the Netherlands🇳🇱 👉🏼
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Start of the #intermarriage workshop @HolocaustMuseum . Great discussions about “relationships in the making”, social dependencies, racial thinking, radicalisation in Nazi-occupied Netherlands and so much more. Now @L_Marhoefer with a great paper on “interracial” gay couples.
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Naar aanleiding van het #Holocaust college dat ik vanavond geef op de @HU_Utrecht 👇🏼 @NIODamsterdam
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Giving a lecture on the #Holocaust at a very special location today. The Uilbenburgersjoel. A synagogue established in 1766. #Amsterdam
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Post-pierogi photo with @ankahajkova in #Warsaw “old” town. Good company and good food ❤️
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Session 1 of our seminar on “Jewish Councils” at #LessonsandLegacies is done. We talked about transnational exchanges between Councils, “knowledge” of “the East” and so much more🙏🏼 ⁦On to the next session! ⁦ @jan_lanicek ⁩ ⁦ @AndreaLoew1 ⁩ ⁦ @HEF_NU
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Pretty sensational: The Dutch prime minister publicly apologized for the first time for the role of the Dutch government and authorities during the #Holocaust . A very important statement during the National Holocaust Commemoration. #apologies #remembrance #retribution
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Very proud that two of our current (!) MA students in Holocaust and Genocide Studies got their first articles published. Even more exciting is that our former student (and current PhD at @UvA_Amsterdam ) @lucyjgaynor co-edited the volume👇🏼 @UvA_Humanities @NIODamsterdam
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Today is #Holocaust Memorial Day. Thinking of this group of children. Only the girl in the middle (white dress), Felice Polak, survived the war. Some were deported to #Auschwitz shortly after the 📸 was taken in Sept. 1942. Others were deported later. #HMD2023 @EHC_Deventer
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No better way to explore a city than by an (early) morning run 🏃🏽‍♀️🌞
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"Reflecting on Evelien’s life and legacy leads us to ask how best we can develop and sustain a community of scholars who model their behavior on kindness and acceptance." A meaningful read on this sombre Sunday morning. @ankahajkova @jazzydomenique
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@NadiaBouras @MarjonneMaan @mariekehoogwout @tonfvandijk Er zijn genoeg collega’s met - terechte - kritiek op Israël. Het idee dat vanwege de gebeurtenissen in het MO een lezingenreeks over de #Holocaust - met uitsluitend experts die vertellen over hun eigen onderzoek - (tijdelijk) komt te vervallen, is natuurlijk absurd.
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The best pasta = home made 🍝 🇮🇹
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Today we visit @kampwesterbork with our students “Holocaust and Genocide Studies” @UvA_Humanities . The day starts with a discussion on #Holocaust memory and a visit to the museum. @NIODamsterdam #education
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Guess the climb was worth it - what a view of Montréal. Reality is even better. Flying ✈️ back home today after a fantastic conference #LessonsandLegacies . Was great to meet old friends and make new ones. Thanks @JenniferVEvans and others for organising. @HEF_NU
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1/2 My article for Holocaust and Genocide Studies is (finally!) available @OUPAcademic . It compares Jewish Council leaders' decisions. Why did the Dutch🇳🇱 leadership decide to remain in place while the Belgian🇧🇪chairman resigned?👇
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[2/2]…I write about Stern, and other female members of the “Jewish Councils” in Western Europe in ch. 5 of my book “Between Community and Collaboration” and my article in the volume “If This is A Woman”. See: . #InternationalWomenDay
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Last week I came back from Paris 🇫🇷 after a month at @Shoah_Memorial . Found tons of fascinating docs, enjoyed the convo’s with colleagues, and feel immensely excited about my “mixed” marriages project. Still much to uncover on this topic (in W-European #Holocaust historiography)
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@ztsamudzi I am quite flabbergasted by “had to be understood as an exclusion of a black woman”. It IS the exclusion of a black woman. It’s not a matter of interpretation.
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That feeling when you find documents you could only hope existed…❤️ Having a great day at the @ushmm archives. And….look whose book is prominently featured in the reading room @ankahajkova
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My two latest publications together at #LessonsandLegacies . Grateful to have had 4 inspiring seminar sessions on “Jewish Councils” and for so many great talks. Now off to the last panel on county-level approaches to the #Holocaust in Poland 🇵🇱 @HEF_NU @jan_lanicek @AndreaLoew1
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Compelling lecture by Dan Michman for the MA students " #Holocaust and Genocide Studies" and " #Jewish Studies" @UvA_Amsterdam . We will continue the discussion in our courses. 🙏 to Amsterdam School of Historical Studies for making this possible @BartWallet @NIODamsterdam
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To my astonishment, I found out that little was known about the Belgian “Judenrat” chairman, Salomon Ullmann. His story led me through numerous archives. One of the remarkable things is that he stepped down from the Council, but remained Chief Rabbi and survived. Interested?👇🏼
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Good morning snowy Ottawa!
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Good morning splendid Venice 🇮🇹
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Great discussions with my #students this morning in my class on the Holocaust & Photography 📷. We talked about atrocity photography, their experiences in #Holocaust museums, the Farhud pogrom, Wendy Lower’s latest book, and so much more. @NIODamsterdam @UvA_Humanities
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Our MA students ( #Holocaust and #Genocide studies) working hard on their papers/thesis during the monthly “Shut up and Write” sessions at @NIODamsterdam . @UvA_Humanities
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As a counter to the negative sides to #academia that are often highlighted: I asked @ankahajkova for some advice, and we promptly had an almost hourlong conversation. Such support is invaluable. Bear that in mind whenever (more junior) scholars ask for guidance🙏
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My first time as a #podcast host with @annevanmourik 💫. Superb @ankahajkova explains why we need analytical and theoretical histories of the #Holocaust and what human experiences in extremis look like. I will assign this episode to my students, and hope others will do so too!
#PODCAST | Listen to the latest NIOD Rewind podcast, in which @LaurienVastenh1 and @annevanmourik speak with historian @ankahajkova about her work 'The Last Ghetto: An Everyday History of Theresienstadt'. 🎧 Listen here or in your favourite podcast-app:
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[1/2] What a splendid day for a first (!) time ever in #Warsaw . So many thoughts on the memorial landscape of the city. Most striking: how the former ghetto site has become a “non-place”, indeed a lieu de mémoire without the lieu….
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1/2 Conspiracy theorist David #Icke cannot enter the Netherlands. A very good move by the Dutch immigration service. Icke claims that humanity is ruled by a cabal of reptiles appearing as humans. His #antisemitic theory was recently alluded to by Dutch far right politician Baudet
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Yesterday’s event on “The Last Ghetto” can already be watched back. It was a great pleasure 👉🏼 @SPUI25 @NIODamsterdam @ankahajkova @UvA_Humanities
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Just welcomed our new cohort MA students “Holocaust and Genocide Studies”. We have historians, sociologists, linguistics; those interested in 🇰🇭,🇩🇴,🇬🇷, 🇵🇹; the Holocaust, sexual violence, colonial history.. and so much more- can’t wait to start! @NIODamsterdam @UvA_Amsterdam
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We just started the yearly #genocide walk through Amsterdam with our students MA Holocaust and Genocide Studies @UvA_Humanities . Starting at the @NIODamsterdam building, via the Armenian Church to the #Jewish quarter @UvA_Amsterdam @ugur_umit_ungor @thijsbouwknegt
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[…] En altijd als ik een schreeuwer zie met een alternatief voor de democratie, denk ik: jouw paradijs, hoeveel ruimte is daar voor Ben Ali Libi, de goochelaar. Voor Ben Ali Libi, de kleine schlemiel, hij ruste in vrede, God hebbe zijn ziel. - W. Wilmink #4mei
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Start of the Annual Holocaust and Genocide Studies Lecture this afternoon at the University Aula in Amsterdam with @petoandrea and intro by @ugur_umit_ungor .
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Wonderful location for “Nacht van de Geschiedenis” - an evening/night full of talks and discussions by (and with!) historians. This year’s theme: #crisis in history. On refugees, Ukraine 🇺🇦, #genocide , climate change and many other themes. @rijksmuseum
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Reading this fascinating and very well-written book in “preparation” for my talk at the Wiener Library next month. Starts with a very powerful quote by Alfred Wiener “I’m prepared to forget, as long as everyone else remembers.” #Holocaust @wienerlibrary
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Laurien Vastenhout
2 years
Parcel delivery 🚚 came early this morning. Our article on the #AnneFrank betrayal: “Refutation du livre The Betrayal of Anne Frank (Qui a trahi Anne Frank?)” is now available 🇫🇷 With @BartvanderBoom1 @BartWallet @Shoah_Memorial
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On 13 February, I will have a virtual talk about my book on #Jewish Councils during #WW2 📕 at the Wiener Library. Can’t wait to exchange thoughts with brilliant @ankahajkova . Registration for this event (mandatory) via 👇🏼spread the word!
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The Wiener Holocaust Library
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There's still time to register for our online book talk with @LaurienVastenh1 & @ankahajkova on Between Community and Collaboration, the first comprehensive, comparative study of ‘Jewish Councils’ in the Netherlands, Belgium & France during Nazi rule...
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Gotta love the swiftness of the Wiener Holocaust Library👇🏼
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The Wiener Holocaust Library
1 year
The recording of last night's fascinating book talk with @LaurienVastenh1 @ankahajkova led by @ChristineErinWL is now available to watch via the Library's YouTube channel! Catch up now:
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In these particularly difficult times, it was great to see many dear friends and colleagues again at the “Lessons & Legacies” @HEF_NU conference. Of course, our dear Israeli colleagues were greatly missed. Apart from our own panel on ‘Contested Intimacies’, I had the privilege…
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Now available online: @NIODamsterdam symposium “Holocaust and Genocide Studies: Looking Backward, Moving Forward” with fascinating contributions by @SKalyvas , @sini_malesevic , @dirkmoses , @DemmersJolle , @omarmcdoom , @ugur_umit_ungor . Link: .
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Laurien Vastenhout
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On my way to 🇨🇦 for the bi-annual #lessonsandlegacies conference @HEF_NU . I will host seminars on #Jewish Councils in Nazi-occupied Europe, the Soviet Union and North-Africa. The papers are very promising. Can’t wait to start the discussion.
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On #YomHaShoah we walked with our students Holocaust and Genocide Studies through Amsterdam. We walked through the historic #Jewish quarter, visited #Holocaust related sites, including the Jewish Theatre and the Jewish Council headquarter. 👇🏼 @UvA_Humanities @NIODamsterdam
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This promises to be a great event. Registration is now possible 👇🏼
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Today we had a fantastic “coffee lecture” on #Jews and #Roma in French internment camps by @DijkstraClara , current fellow at @NIODamsterdam . On family networks, the permeability of camp boundaries and agency of the victims. Great also to see her references to @ankahajkova ’s work!
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Excited for the last session of the day with the film screening “The Amazing Life of Margot Heuman” written by @ankahajkova and @ErikaEHughes . A glimpse into #queer life during the #Holocaust .
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Laurien Vastenhout
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Attending this great talk by @nina_siegal on her must-read book “The Diary Keepers”. It’s based on 7 #WW2 diaries that have been preserved at @NIODamsterdam . Good to see that this unique collection (2100 wartime diaries!) is recognised this way.
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Laurien Vastenhout
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It was great speaking at the @wienerlibrary last week. I argued, among other things, that the persistent focus on the different murder % of Jews in W-Europe during the #Holocaust has led to oversimplification. Catching up with fantastic colleagues was ❤️. Until next time! 🇬🇧
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Laurien Vastenhout
2 years
A fully packed room, some laughter and already great questions and themes to think about. A wonderful start of @BartWallet ’s inaugural speech (“oratie”) on #Amsterdam Jewish city history. @UvA_Humanities
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Laurien Vastenhout
2 years
In January, a 'Cold Case Team' accused a Jewish notary of the #AnneFrank betrayal. On 22 March, based on (archival) research, we will present a detailed report refuting their main arguments. Thanks to @BartWallet and others. Livestream available 👇
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Laurien Vastenhout
1 year
We have a new vacancy “Researcher-Lecturer in the field of Genocide studies” in our wonderful team at @NIODamsterdam . 4 years, 0,7 FtE👇🏼 @ugur_umit_ungor @thijsbouwknegt
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Laurien Vastenhout
2 years
Today we celebrated another wonderful group of students that graduated from our MA Holocaust and Genocide Studies. Some started their PhDs, others work for governments and NGOs. Proud to have them as alumni👩🏽‍🎓 @NIODamsterdam @UvA_Humanities @ugur_umit_ungor @thijsbouwknegt
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Laurien Vastenhout
2 years
Made some new friends during my walk today 🐦 They were a bit cheeky, though.
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Laurien Vastenhout
2 years
Ik werd geïnterviewd door de Stichting Auschwitz in België 🇧🇪 over mijn boek dat voorjaar 2023 in Nederlandse vertaling uitkomt 👇🏼
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Laurien Vastenhout
10 months
After a weekend full of horrific news, stories and videos it feels odd to “just” start a new workweek. So many friends and colleagues in #Israel who know at least someone either kidnapped, missing, or murdered. The impact of this terrorist attack cannot be underestimated.
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Laurien Vastenhout
1 year
Maria Ferenc talks about information, rumours and fake letters in the #Warsaw ghetto. How the ghetto inhabitants attempted to find out what was happening to the #Jews after deportation. About the hope to survive and the fear to die. @polinmuseum @DubnowInstitut @WarsawGhettoM
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Laurien Vastenhout
2 years
One of the (many) benefits of working at @NIODamsterdam : wonderful “coffee lectures” - this time on the history of our impressive 19th c. building at Herengracht.
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Laurien Vastenhout
1 year
After a splendid holiday in the South of France (incl the Mont Ventoux!🚴🏽‍♀️)now off to Washington DC 🇺🇸 to attend a workshop on “intermarriage” during the #Holocaust at @ushmm . Can’t wait to hear what colleagues have to say about this important topic.
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Laurien Vastenhout
2 years
We are looking for a new colleague: “Researcher-lecturer in the field of mass violence in an international context”. Spread the word & don’t hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions 🙏🏼👇🏼 @NIODamsterdam NIODamsterdam
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Laurien Vastenhout
2 years
Naar aanleiding van de berichtgeving rondom de arrestatie van de #maffiabaas en het IS kopstuk deze week (“het was zo’n gewone man!”) schreef ik een stuk voor @nrc . 👉🏼 @NIODamsterdam
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Laurien Vastenhout
2 years
Mijn commentaar op de recent ontstane discussie over #transporten van Joden vanuit Nederland. De verenging van de discussie verbaast mij. Er is een heel scala aan thema's dat hierdoor onbelicht blijft: @HistorischNwsbl @NIODamsterdam
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Laurien Vastenhout
2 years
Right now Debórah Dwork is having a “Q&A” session with some of our MA students #Holocaust and #Genocide studies. Such a wonderful opportunity for them (and us!). This afternoon, she will give the annual “Auschwitz Never Again” lecture in Amsterdam. @AuschwitzComite @NIODamsterdam
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Laurien Vastenhout
1 year
On to the impressive #Jewish cemetery. Very clear how the different styles of the tomb stones reflect the diversity of the #Warsaw Jewish community. Now early lunch at Lokal Vegan Bistro, where according to my dear friend (and distant guide!), @acklotz all the cool kids go😎
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Laurien Vastenhout
2 years
Colleague Karel Berkhoff’s laudatio of Father Patrick Debois, president of Yahad-in-Unum. An important organisation dedicated to identifying and commemorating the sites of mass murder of #Jews , #Roma and #Sinti in Eastern Europe. #holocaust @AuschwitzComite @NIODamsterdam
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Laurien Vastenhout
2 years
The conference “The Photography of Persecution Pictures of the Holocaust” has started 🇫🇷. Tal Bruttmann: “We forget to read when we look at photographs”. They should be objects of study, not merely illustrations. @AUParis @CNRS @Fondation_Shoah @hausderwannsee1
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Laurien Vastenhout
1 year
Intended to write more on the “mixed families” workshop at @ushmm 🇺🇸 but the days were so filled with discussions, conversations, museum visits, listening to #Holocaust survivors and so much more, that I didn’t. A huge thanks to the organisers (Tatjana Lichtenstein…
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Laurien Vastenhout
2 years
I have seen quits a number of initiatives that can help #Ukrainian 🇺🇦 scholars at risk. I have listed a few: 1) (🇺🇸) 2) (🇩🇪) 3) (🇬🇧) 4) . Will continue in the comments 👇🏼
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