EHRI – European Holocaust Research Infrastructure
EHRI Czech National Node
Top-quality research on the Holocaust is a prerequisite for informed discussion about Czech, European and world modern history and for understanding the risks and mechanisms of racism and genocide in their various forms. The European Holocaust Research Infrastructure (EHRI) connects collections and sources divided by borders and languages, promotes digital methods and supports researchers. The Czech EHRI national node is a gateway to EHRI services and community and a signpost for Holocaust research in the Czech Republic.
Example of a document from the Terezín Research Guide
Research infrastructure
The EHRI Czech national node has been part of the research infrastructure LINDAT/CLARIAH-CZ supported by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports since 2023.
EHRI is funded by the European Commission under FP7, Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe.
Since 2018, EHRI has been on the roadmap of European research infrastructures and is currently transforming into a permanent organisation - European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC). The Czech Republic supports this process through the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports and is represented in the EHRI Interim General Assembly.
Main goals and services
EHRI-CZ provides the following types of services:
- Makes EHRI data and services available, including EHRI Portal, EHRI Document Blog, EHRI Editions, EHRI Geospatial Repository, Conny Kristel Scholarship, and others.
- Creates data on sources on the history of the Holocaust in the Czech lands and uploads them to the EHRI Portal.
- Links and enhances the victim databases and methodologically supports their further development.
- Applies digital methods to the digitised sources, including automatic text and speech recognition, identification of places, historical actors, keywords, etc.
- Supports research using spatial methods and interactive maps, including the MemoMAP application.
An overview of all 27 EHRI partners can be found on this page.
TEREZÍN INITIATIVE INSTITUTE
In 2023, the ITI identified documents contained in the Holocaust Victims Database for research on automated reading of archival materials. At the end of 2023, the database contained 185,166 documents relating to 176,239 persons.
The content development of the Holocaust Victims Database involves research at the State District Archive in Mladá Boleslav. Around 2,000 documents were scanned. The digitized documents are gradually being processed and prepared for import into the database and for subsequent publication on the Holocaust.cz portal. Since some of the documents relate to people who survived 1945, the ITI can only proceed with this step after the clarification of the data protection issues (GDPR).
You can also visit
You are cordially invited to the public reading of the names of Holocaust victims on Yom HaShoah 2024, which will take place this year on May 6. Come together to remember those whose lives were tragically cut short during the Holocaust. The event will be held in various cities, so check the attached poster for times and locations. Take a moment to reflect and remember the victims. We would be delighted if you could join us.
It includes an invitation to Yom HaShoah in Prague and other cities in the Czech Republic, an article on the 30th anniversary of ITI and information about our many activities:
- Commemoration at Auschwitz-Birkenau
- The MemoMap exhibition: History of the Holocaust in Prague
- International cooperation
- Anne Frank Youth Network
- MemoGIS Workshop
- Austrian Traces in Terezín
This year's 19th annual public reading of the names of Holocaust victims, "Yom HaShoah", will take place on 6 May 2024. The names of victims of Nazi persecution will be read in 31 cities across the Czech Republic, commemorating the fate of those who were murdered during the Second World War.
About a month ago, we celebrated the 30th anniversary of the Terezín Initiative Institute at the invitation of Austrian Ambassador Bettina Kirnbauer. Till Janzer from Radio Prague International also reported on the event. You can read or listen to the article under the following link (only in German).
We would like to invite you to an educational workshop called "Art Against Death", which we are organizing. This workshop will take place on April 13, 2024 from 9:30 am to 6:00 pm in Prague.
The latest Anne Frank Youth Network action project is complete!
