International Conference “Documenting the Holocaust: Testimonies as Historical Evidence”
On 16–17 June 2026, the Emanuel Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw will host the international conference “Documenting the Holocaust: Testimonies as Historical Evidence.”
The conference is dedicated to Holocaust testimonies created during the Second World War and in its immediate aftermath. Its aim is to examine these testimonies as forms of historical evidence, with particular attention to their potential and limitations, the contexts in which they were created, and the ways they have been used in research, education, and commemoration.
The detailed programme will be announced soon.
We warmly invite you to participate and join us in a thoughtful discussion on the role of testimonies in documenting and understanding the Holocaust.
Conference committee:
Natalia Aleksiun (Harry Rich Professor of Holocaust Studies, University of Florida)
Havi Dreifuss (Yad Vashem)
Barbara Engelking (Centrum Badań nad Zagładą Żydów, IFiS PAN)
Éva Kovács (Wiener Wiesenthal Institut für Holocaust-Studien)
Stephan Naron (Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies)
Christine Schmidt (The Wiener Holocaust Library)
Zofia Trębacz (Żydowski Instytut Historyczny im. Emanuela Ringelbluma)
The conference is organized by The Emanuel Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute
In cooperation with
Partners of the conference
The conference is organized within the framework of EHRI-PL and co-financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage under the project “Ongoing Activities of the Polish National Node of EHRI-PL – the EHRI-ERIC consortium implemented by the Emanuel Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute [JHI] for the years 2025–2027, together with national partners.
