A new article in the EVZ Foundation’s Magazine of the Education Agenda NS-Injustice features reflections by former LBI London Deputy Director Kinga Bloch, along with LBI Jerusalem colleagues Irene Aue-Ben David and Bettina Farack, on the possibilities and limits of Holocaust education in today’s climate. Titled ‘Mission (Im)Possible: Holocaust Education and Citizen Science after October 7, 2023’, the piece centres on the LBI’s Library of Lost Books project, which invites international participation in tracing tens of thousands of volumes looted from the Hochschule für die Wissenschaft des Judentums in Berlin.
The article situates this work in the context of October 7 and the rise in online antisemitism, exploring how remembrance projects can adapt to digital spaces while safeguarding their participants. At its heart, the Library of Lost Books demonstrates how academic research and citizen science can intersect, calling on volunteers around the globe to join an effort that is both historical recovery and contemporary action.
You can read the full article here: https://www.stiftung-evz.de/en/what-we-support/education-agenda-ns-injustice/magazine-of-the-education-agenda-ns-injustice-2025/mission-impossible-holocaust-education-and-citizen-science-after-october-7-2023/
