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14th – 16th May: Team Meeting in Jerusalem

For the first time, our research team met at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Various topics were scheduled, including articles for a special issue of the online journal “Research in Film and History” concerning our focus material, the dealing with other iconic film footage, and the organization of future meetings.

Tobias Ebbrecht-Hartmann explains to the team the painting of the declaration ceremony of the Hebrew University by Leopold Philichovsky from 1925.
Photo: Alexander Zöller.

14th and 15th February: Expert Workshop in Potsdam

Various experts were invited to discuss our focus material, to give feedback regarding our conducted research and our project in general at a workshop we held at the Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF on the 14th and 15th of February. Moreover, valuable notes concerning further research and our project in general were given.
Our guests are dealing with a wide range of fields streaking our topics, for instance film archives, memory culture as well as film-, Holocaust- and NS-studies.
We warmly welcomed Christoph Classen (ZZF Potsdam), Martin Cüppers (Forschungsstelle Ludwigsburg, Uni Stuttgart), Adelheid Heftberger (Bundesarchiv-Filmarchiv, Berlin-Lichterfelde), Eva Hohenberger (Ruhr Universität Bochum, retired), Christoph Kreutzmüller (Haus der Wannseekonferenz), Martin Loiperdinger (Universität Trier, emeritus), Brad Prager (University of Missouri), Andres Veiel (director, based in Berlin), Lea Wohl von Haselberg (Filmuniversität Babelsberg) and Ingo Zechner (Ludwig Boltzmann Institut für Geschichte und Gesellschaft Wien).

Chris Wahl giving an introduction to our project. In the foreground: Andres Veiel. Photo: Freya Glomb.

Tobias Ebbrecht-Hartmann publishes in the anthology „Einblendungen. Elemente einer jüdischen Filmgeschichte der Bundesrepublik“

The anthology „Einblendungen. Elemente einer jüdischen Filmgeschichte der Bundesrepublik“ deals with an underexposed topic: Jewish participation in the film history of Western Germany after the Second World War. The publication is edited by Johannes Praetorius-Rhein and Lea Wohl von Haselberg, members of the research network „Jüdische Filmgeschichte“. For more information about the anthology see here, regarding the research network see here, or listen to this podcast on Deutschland Kultur.

Chris Wahl published an article concerning his focus material TRIUMPH OF THE WILL

In the newest publication of De Gruyters editio / Beihefte about critical film and literature editions, Chris Wahl published an article – „Den Unterschied macht die Forschung: ein Doppelplädoyer für das kritische Edieren von Ufa-Sprachversions- und NS-Vorbehaltsfilmen“. For more information about the anthology see here.

Tobias Ebbrecht-Hartmann receives Shimon-Peres-Prize

Creating awareness about the Holocaust – on TikTok: For his contribution to shape German-Israeli relations Dr. Tobias Ebbrecht-Hartmann is awarded the Shimon-Peres-Prize, granted by the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the German-Israeli Future Fund. For more information about the project see here.

Upcoming symposium on video essays

Evelyn Kreutzer, former member of Filmikonen, Maike Reinerth, Anna-Sophie Philippi (all Film University Babelsberg Konrad Wolf) and Kathleen Loock (Leibniz Universität Hannover) received a grant by the Volkswagen Foundation to sponsor a symposium dedicated to the study and practice of video essays. „Videography: Art and Academia. Epistemological, Political and Pedagogical Potentials of Audiovisual Practices“ will take place in Hannover, Germany, Nov. 2-4, 2022.

Yael Ben-Moshe on Israeli TV Channel 11

Yael Ben-Moshe was interviewed on Israeli TV channel 11 on Holocaust Memorial Day, April 28, 2022.

Team Workshop in Potsdam

In front of the Filmuniversität KONRAD WOLF Babelsberg. Photo: Alexander Zöller.

After many conversations and collaborations via zoom, the German and Israeli team members met up in Potsdam in March 2022. In a 4-day workshop at the Film University, the Brandenburg Center for Media Studies (ZeM), and the Gedenk-und Bildungsstätte Haus der Wannsee-Konferenz, the teams discussed the leading questions and concepts of the project and their works-in-progress.

On the terrace of the „Haus der Wannseekonferenz“. Photo: Alexander Zöller.

Evelyn Kreutzer and Noga Stiassny publish multi-modal project „Digital Digging“

Evelyn Kreutzer and Noga Stiassny have published „Digital Digging: Traces, Gazes, and the Archival In-Between“, consisting of a video essay and a written article, in Research in Film & History. It is available here.

Fabian Schmidt receives Karsten-Witte-Preis

Fabian Schmidt received the Karsten-Witte-Preis by the Gesellschaft für Medienwissenschaft for his article „The Westerbork Film Revisited – Provenance, the Re-Use of Archive Material and Holocaust Remembrances“ in 2021. See the German press release here.

Project launch

Photo captured by Zoom.

Our project was launched on May 1, 2021.
See the German press release here.

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