A Conference of the Holocaust Documentation and Memorial Centre (HDKE) as well as the Jewish Roots in Győr Foundation
Draft Programme
Győr, Famulus Hotel, 5 July 2024, 9:30 – 17:30 h
Morning session
- 9:30 Welcome Address – Dr Péter Krausz, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Győr Roots of Jews Foundation
- 9:35 Opening speech – Prof. Dr Andor Grósz, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the HDKE, Mazsihisz President
- 9:45 What happened to the Jews and Gypsies in and around Győr during World War II, the lifesaving activities of Vilmos Apor – Dr László Karsai, historian, professor emeritus
- 10:15 The Past is not Past – Frank N. Schubert, US military historian, author of the book of the same title
10:45 Coffee break for invited guests
- 11:15 The drama and memory of the Holocaust in contemporary Hungary – Dr György Csepeli, sociologist, professor emeritus
- 11:45 Mission of the Holocaust Documentation and Memorial Centre – Dr András Zima, Director of HDKE
- 12:15 Presentation of the winning team of the Jewish Roots in Győr Foundation student competition – …, representative of the winning student team
- 12:45 Discussion / Comments
- 13:05 Closing remarks – moderator
13:15 Conference buffet lunch for invited guests
Afternoon Session
- 14:30 Opening – Dr András Zima, Director of HDKE
- 14:40 Emil Róth, Neologue and Snyders Ben-Zion, Orthodox rabbis’ role in community-building in Győr before the Great Tragedy – Amir Livnat, genealogy researcher, Izrael
- 15:10 Research on the extermination of rural Jewry, recent findings – Attila Jakab, historian, HDKE
- 15:40 Basic research behind the “Győr Exhibition” – Tünde Csendes, PhD student, ORZsE
- 16:10 Challenge to the curator of the “Győr exhibition”, solutions – Norbert Glässer, cultural anthropologist, HDKE
- 16:40 Discussion / Comments
- 17:00 Closing remarks – Dr András Zima, Director of HDKE
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