Lecture of Dirk Rupnow

Lecture of the German historian Dirk Rupnow: Post-Nazism – Postcolonialism – Post-Migration: The Current Debate on Holocaust Memory will take place as part of the lecture series organised by the Jewish Museum Prague and EHRI-CZ “New Views and Sources on the History of Holocaust”

Date: 29th May 2025, 7 pm

Place: Auditorium OVK, Maiselova 15, Prague 1, 3rd floor

Questions of historical politics and cultures of remembrance are once again in the focus of public attention. After the phase of its globalization and institutionalization, Holocaust memory seems to be subject to a far-reaching process of change. The lecture tries to outline the current status and the current challenges in the European, “Western” and global context.

This raises questions about the significance of Holocaust remembrance in European migration societies, not least in times when immigration to Europe is perceived as a crisis; and at the same time about the global competitive relationship between the memory of the Holocaust and the memory of crimes of European colonial powers in the world none of which are new questions, but still increasingly relevant and controversial.

The lecture will be held in English, admission is free.