The IHRA's Guidelines for Identifying Relevant Documentation for Holocaust Research, Education and Remembrance are now available.
Following up on the groundwork laid out by the Archival Access Project, the Monitoring Access to Holocaust Collections Project is helping the IHRA map the legal and practical status of access to Holocaust collections, monitor access difficulties, bring to the attention of decision-makers in various countries the possibilities for enabling access to Holocaust documentation, and stimulate media and educational awareness of the need for open access.
The project will share guidelines addressing challenges and recommendations for archival access for use by archivists and policymakers. Ensuring access to and the legal status of Holocaust archival collections requires increased exchange and cooperation among archivists and relevant networks. The project therefore also aims to create a forum bringing together Holocaust collections leaders for annual meetings.
The project’s team includes Veerle Vanden Daelen (AWG/Belgium), Micaela Procaccia (MMWG/Italy), David Matas (Canada), Wesley Fisher (Claims Conference), Margarida Lages (Portugal), Nevena Bajalica (MMWG/Serbia), Rebecca Boehling (USHMM/USA), Anat Bratman-Elhalel (MMWG/Israel), Masha Pollak Rozenberg (AWG/Israel), Naida-Michal Brandl (AWG/Croatia), Haim Gertner (Yad Vashem/Israel), and Michael Hollmann (EBNA/Germany).
