In the past few years, interest in the aftermath, Workshop venue and further information social and individual consequences of the Shoah, forced labour and Nazi persecution has Max Mannheimer Studienzentrum/ increased. Relevant research topics emerging Internationales Jugendgästehaus Dachau from the post-war situation include early Roßwachtstraße 15 testimonies, the immediate Allied care for the 85221 Dachau (Germany) Displaced Persons (DP) population, regional Phone: +49 (0)81 31/61 77-10 micro studies and the ongoing displacement in email: [email protected] following generations. Online: www.mmsz-dachau.de This academic workshop on Displaced Persons, Workshop languages are English and German. Academic Workshop Displaced Children and Child Survivors as spe- Translation from English into German and vice ver- cific survivors’ groups after 1945 is aimed at sa will be provided for most parts of the workshop. Life in the aftermath - bringing together scholars and educators of vari- ous disciplines and from different countries com- Participation is subject to an attendance fee of Euro Displaced Persons, Displaced mitted to education and research on Displaced 65 (Euro 50 reduced price for students, persons Children and Child Survivors on Persons and Child Survivors to discuss research doing volunteer service, pensioners) covering all the move. New approaches in studies, educational projects and outlooks on the food and beverages. future of relevant approaches. education and research The conference place offers overnight accommoda- We invite everyone to take part in the workshop, tion in limited numbers. participate in the discussion, and thus help to advance the work in this field. Obviously, the For more information, please see: https://www.its- 30 May – 1 June 2016 topic of displacement is of special importance arolsen.org/en/latest-news/events/ Max Mannheimer Studienzentrum in times when the world is facing a tragedy of millions of refugees. Although the historical and To register for the workshop please contact by Dachau (Germany) the present situation are different, we believe May 15, 2016: [email protected] that examining history can provide some direc- tions, insights, and sensibilities that can be A joint event organized by: International Tracing helpful today. Service (ITS), Bad Arolsen, and Max Mannheimer Studienzentrum (MMSZ), Dachau, Germany With support from: The Holocaust Studies Program of the Western Galilee College, Akko, Israel With funding from the Foundation “Remembrance, Responsibility and Future” (EVZ) Photo: ITS; cover sheet: Yad Vashem Photo Archive Monday, May, 30th Tuesday, May, 31st Wednesday, June, 01st 9:00 a.m. Optional offers 9:00 a.m. Educational workshops and excursions 9:00 a.m. DP-Children and Child Survivors regarding the subject of DPs Guided tour of the memorial site in Dachau Panel 1 The story of the Displaced Persons as a topic for Workshop in the archives of the Dachau Memorial International families? Concepts of community educational programmes living in the IRO Children’s Village Bad Aibling, Presentation of the International Tracing Service Nicola Schlichting, Bergen-Belsen Memorial, Germany 1948-1951 Presentation of the Max Mannheimer Studienzentrum Temporary images: Teaching experiences of dis- Christian Höschler, LMU Munich, Germany placement through photographic sources from DP- “Lack of respect” – Care-givers approaches to the 1:30 p.m. Welcome and introduction camps surviving children in the DP Children’s Centers Katharina Erbe, Jewish Museum Berlin, Germany Ina Schulz, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany 2:00 p.m. Keynote lectures Children as Displaced Persons. Historical educa- “Shattered by mental and physical strain“: The tion based on ITS-documents treatment and assimilation of “defective” Child Jewish survivors in occupied Germany: Entangled Elisabeth Schwabauer/Akim Jah, International Tracing Survivors stories and lost memories Service, Bad Arolsen Maggie Fraser Kirsh, College of William & Mary, USA Atina Grossmann, Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York, USA Foehrenwald. One of the largest and long-lasting Panel 2 DP-camps in Germany (Excursion) Soviet Displaced Persons and the politics of family Goals and challenges of the research into Holocaust Sybille Krafft, Bürger fürs Badehaus Waldram- reunification Survivor and DP Children Foehrenwald e.V., Germany Kelsey Norris, University of Pennsylvania, USA Boaz Cohen, Western Galilee College, Akko, Israel Kloster Indersdorf. The first international DP- Undetermined nationality: Displaced Children of Children’s Centre in the US-American zone of Ger- The files and collections of the Child Search Branch Ukrainian origin under the IRO care many (Excursion) of the International Tracing Service and its implica- Olga Gnydiuk, EUI Florence, Italy Anna Andlauer, Markt Indersdorf, Germany tions for today “The long way home”: Displaced Children from Verena Buser, Alice Salomon University of Applied Poland in postwar Austria Sciences Berlin and Center for Jewish Studies Berlin- Lunch break Kamila Uzarczyk, University of Wroclaw, Poland Brandenburg, Germany 2:00 p.m. Reports and results from the workshops Lunch break and excursions 5:30 p.m. Exhibition “Where should we have gone after the liberation?” Transit Stations: 1:00 p.m. DP-Children and Child Survivors 3:30 p.m. Roundtables with witnesses Displaced Persons after 1945 Panel 3 Introduction 5:30 p.m. Conclusion of the first part of the "They did not want any more Jews there". The Curator Susanne Urban, SchUM-Cities Association, workshop fate of Jewish orphans in Podhale between 1945 Worms, Germany and 1946 Karolina Panz, The University of Warsaw, Poland Opening of the exhibition 6:30 p.m. Lecture “The questionnaire for children” of the Central Dinner Phenomenon of DP baby boom: Children who were Jewish Historical Commission in Poland (CŻKH): born in DP camps in the documents of Yad Vashem A methodological work in line with Polish Jewish archives pre-war practices on childhood 7:00 p.m. Seeing the exhibition (individually) Serafima Velkovich, Yad Vashem, Israel Judith Lindenberg, EHESS, Paris, France 7:30 p.m. Panel discussion Dinner Panel 4 Interdisciplinary analysis of the rehabilitation Susanne Urban, Curator of the DP exhibition 8:00 p.m. Public lecture paths of Hungarian Jewish Displaced Children within a Digital Humanities framework using the Steffen Jost, Educational assistant, Max Mannheimer Polish and Soviet child forced labourers in Nazi Studienzentrum Dachau, Germany ITS Digital Archive Germany and German occupied Eastern Europe Ildiko Barna, ELTE, Budapest, Hungary Esther Alexander-Ihme, Second-Generation witness, 1939-1945 Emotional challenges and identity formation as Frankfurt/Main, Germany Dieter Steinert, University of Wolverhampton, UK they appear in children's testimonies from the Bergen-Belsen DP Camp, 1946 Noam Rachmilevitch, Ghetto Fighters' House, Israel 3:30 p.m. Conclusion and perspectives .