Nach dem Anschluss – Remembering Austria’s 1938
Nach dem Anschluss – Remembering Austria’s 1938
International Conference “Nach dem Anschluss – Remembering Austria’s 1938” organized by the Leo Baeck Institute Jerusalem and the Center for Austrian Studies at the Hebrew University in cooperation with the Richard Koebner Minerva Center for German History and the Jerusalem Cinematheque with support of the Austrian Future Fund and the Austrian Cultural Forum and to an additional film series. The conference will open with a special event at the Jerusalem Cinematheque next Sunday, 4.11.18, at 18.00.
Jerusalem, November 4 – 6, 2018
Sunday, 4 November 2018
Venue: Jerusalem Cinematheque
18:00 Remembering Austria from Israel – Presentation of Interviews from the Austrian Heritage Collection
Chair: Dr. Gisela Dachs, The European Forum, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Greetings: Prof. Tamir Sheafer, Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Prof. Shmuel Feiner, Chairman of the Leo Baeck Institute Jerusalem; Bar Ilan University
H.E. Dr. Martin Weiss, Ambassador of Austria to Israel
Introduction: Dr. Tobias Ebbrecht-Hartmann, Cardinal Franz König Chair, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Screening of interview excerpts and presentation of the Austrian Heritage Collection with
Prof. Albert Lichtblau, Historical Institute, Paris Lodron University of Salzburg
Philipp Rohrbach, The Vienna Wiesenthal Institute for Holocaust Studies
Adina Seeger, Jewish Museum Vienna
Lisa Schulz-Yatsiv, University of Haifa
Otto Nagler, interviewee in the framework of the project
Monday, 5 November 2018
Venue: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mt. Scopus, Maiersdorf Faculty Club, Room 405
10.00-10:30 Opening and Introduction
Greetings: Dr. Tobias Ebbrecht-Hartmann, Cardinal Franz König Chair, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Dr. Irene Aue-Ben-David, Director of the Leo Baeck Institute Jerusalem
10.30-12:30 1938 in Austrian Historiography and Jewish Memory
Chair: Dr. Tobias Ebbrecht-Hartmann, Center for Austrian Studies, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Prof. Heidemarie Uhl, Austrian Academy of Science, Anschluss 1938. A Memory Space between Affirmation and Critique
Prof. Dieter Hecht, Austrian Academy of Science, Private and Collective Memory in Photographs. Depicting Austrian Jewish History according to the Austrian Collection of the Stürmer-Archive
Noga Sagi, The European Forum, The Hebrew University of Jerusalemת Austria and the Nazi Past. Views from Israel
14:30-16:00 Cultural Responses to the Austrian Past
Chair: Noga Sagi, The European Forum, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Dr. Susanne Korbel, Center for Jewish Studies, University of Graz, George Tabori’s Theaterlabor Der Kreis and its Performative Intervention in Austria’s Cultural Memory
Dr. Tobias Ebbrecht-Hartmann, Center for Austrian Studies, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Tracing Austria’s Past and Present in the Films of Ruth Beckermann
16:30-18:00 Round Table: Collecting and Preserving Austrian and Jewish-Austrian History
Chair: Dr. Lina Barouch, Franz Rosenzweig Minerva Research Center, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Dr. Yochai Ben-Ghedalia, Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People, Fleeing Vienna. The Auswanderung Applications (1938-1940) at the CAHJP
Michael Loebenstein, Austrian Film Museum, Out of the Dark into the Light. Dealing with ‘Ephemeral’ Cultural Materials in a Film Museum Context
Tuesday, 6 November, 2018
Venue: Leo Baeck Institute Jerusalem, 33 Bustenai St.
10:00-13:00 Workshop: Austrian-Jewish Memory through Oral History and Testimonies
Chair: Dr. Irene Aue Ben David, Director Leo Baeck Institute Jerusalem
Prof. Albert Lichtblau, Historical Institute, Paris Lodron University of Salzburg, Oral History. A Critical Retrospective
Philipp Rohrbach, Vienna Wiesenthal Institute for Holocaust Studies, The Austrian Heritage Collection. A Project for the Scientific Documentation of Austrian-Jewish Emigration to the USA/Israel
Lina Nikou, Martin Buber Society of Fellows, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Comments and Response
Venue: Jersualem Cinematheque
18:00 The Nazi takeover of Austria in “Ephemeral” Films.
Presentation of Austrian Private Movies around 1938
Chair: Meir Russo, Israel Film Archive
Dr. Ingo Zechner, Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for History and Society
Michael Loebenstein, Director of the Austrian Film Museum