A Turning Point in Remembrance: YIVO in the 1940s
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Jeffrey Shandler | Delivered in English.
Shortly after the start of World War II, YIVO’s New York branch was designated as its temporary central headquarters, assuming that the Institute would return to Europe after the war. But by 1943, scholars from the Vilna YIVO who had recently moved to New York realized that there would be no going back; New York City would now be the Institute’s permanent home. How did YIVO’s leaders reconfigure its mission in the wake of the Holocaust and in response to their American home? This talk by Jeffrey Shandler will examine some of the Institute’s undertakings during this crucial decade—including unrealized plans to create a Museum of the Homes of the Past—as its leaders forged a new sense of purpose in response to their radically altered circumstances.
Part of the 2025 Yiddish Civilization Lecture Series.
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Shortly after the start of World War II, YIVO’s New York branch was designated as its temporary central headquarters, assuming that the Institute would return to Europe after the war. But by 1943, scholars from the Vilna YIVO who had recently moved to New York realized that there would be no going back; New York City would now be the Institute’s permanent home. How did YIVO’s leaders reconfigure its mission in the wake of the Holocaust and in response to their American home? This talk by Jeffrey Shandler will examine some of the Institute’s undertakings during this crucial decade—including unrealized plans to create a Museum of the Homes of the Past—as its leaders forged a new sense of purpose in response to their radically altered circumstances.
Part of the 2025 Yiddish Civilization Lecture Series.
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