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Baltic States

Coming to Terms with the Holocaust
 in Today’s Baltic States

A symposium hosted by
The European Studies Council
A National Resource Center
The Whitney and Betty Macmillan Center for International and Area Studies at Yale

With support from:
The Keggi-Berzins Fund for Baltic Studies
A grant from the U.S. Department of Education Title VI

Thursday, October 11, 2007
9:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Beinecke Library Room 39, 121 Wall St., New Haven, CT


9:15 AM – 10:45 AM  
Session I

Beinecke Room 39

Welcome
Bradley Woodworth, University of New Haven and Yale University

Bella Zisere, Sciences Politique, Paris
“New Aspects of Presentation of the Holocaust in New Latvian School Textbooks after the Proclamation of Independence”

Aivars Stranga, University of Latvia
“Research into the Holocaust in the German-Occupied Latvia: New Tendencies and Major Results

10:45 AM – 11:15 AM
Break

11:15 AM – 12:30 PM
Session II

Beinecke Room 39

Andrew Ezergailis, Ithaca College
“Six Versions of the Holocaust in Latvia

Saulius A. Sužiedelis, Millersville University
“History and Memory: Lithuania Confronts the Holocaust”

12:30 PM – 1:00 PM
Round-table Wrap-up

Beinecke Room 39

Tomas Venclova, Yale University
Moderator

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For more information, please contact Marianne Lyden.