Outcomes of World War II: Victims, Righteous, Liberators and Executioners

Riga, 14-15 March 2010
Reval Hotel Latvia
(55, Elizabetes str.)

Programme

14 March 2010

14.00-19.00 - Alfa Room
Presentation of new projects related to the Conference theme
Moderators: Prof. Abram Kletskin, Chairman of the Board of the Latvian National Television and Radio Council, Member of the Board of the Baltic Forum (Latvia), Larisa Sisoyeva, Director of the European Continental Chaper of WCRJ (Germany)

14:00-15:00
Screening and discussion of the documentary film Melodies of the Riga Ghetto, Russia, 2006
Producer Vladimir Molchanov (Russia)

15:00-16:00
Screening and discussion of the documentary film I Am Not Afraid (screen title The Mystery of the Vilnius Ghetto), Russia, 2004
Script writer and producer Liliya Vyugina (Russia)

16:00-17:00
Screening and discussion of the documentary film The Brest Ghetto (screen title The Mystery of the Vilnius Ghetto), Russia, 1995
Producer Yelena Yakotitch (Russia)

17:00-17:30
Screening and discussion of the documentary film Zhytomyr: A Typical Jewish Story, Israel, 2009
Producer Boris Maftsir (Israel)

17:30-18:50
Screening and discussion of the documentary film IzGoi, Belarus, 2009
Producer Aleksander Stupnikov (Israel)

19.00-20.00
Dinner

20.00-21.00 - Alfa Room
Presentation of new projects related to the Conference theme
Moderator: Boris Feldman, publisher, Editor-in-Chief of the publishing group Russian Germany, Vice-President of the World Association of Russian Press, President of the German Association of Russian Compatriots (Germany)

20:00-20:20
Presentation of the Enciclopaedia Holocaust on the Territory of the USSR
Ilya Altman (Russia), Director, "Holocaust" Centre (Russia)

20:20-20:40
Presentation of the project: Latvian Jewish Enciclopaedia
Rabby Menachem Barkan, President of Jewish Religious Community "Shamir" in Latvia "Specifics of extra-curricular teaching of Holocaust in Latvia"

15 March 2010

9.00-9.20 - Alfa Room
Opening of the Conference
Speakers: Conference co-chairmen Janis Urbanovics, President of The Baltic Forum, and Boris Spiegel, President of the WCRJ

9.20-10.00
Welcome addresses by invited guests
Moderator: Prof. Abram Kletskin, Chairman of the Board of the Latvian National Television and Radio Council, Member of the Board of the Baltic Forum (Latvia)

10.00 -10.20
Plenary Session
Moderator: Valeriy Engel, Candidate of History, First Vice-President of the WCRJ
Ilya Altman, Candidate of History (Russia), Director, "Holocaust" Centre (Russia): Holocaust in the context of WWII: Source study and historiography

10.20 - 10.40
Dr. Igor Kotler, President and CEO of the Museum of Human Rights, Freedom and Tolerance, USA: The History of World War II and the Holocaust in research and publications in the U.S.

10.40-11.00
Dovid Katz, professor of Judaic Studies at Vilnius University, Director and founder of the Yiddish Institute in Vilnius (Lithuania) The recent attempts to erase the Holocaust of European history, or questions not answered and the prosecution of victims: forgetting the Holocaust, Prague Declaration and the new anti-Semitism

11.00 - 11.20
Rabby Menachem Barkan, President of Jewish Religious Community "Shamir" in Latvia: Specifics of extra-curricular teaching of Holocaust in Latvia

11.20-11.40
Vladimir Molchanov, television journalist, film director (Russia): Past Imperfect

11.40-12.00
Boris Muftis, documentary filmmaker and journalist: Holocaust in documentary films: The problem of reconstruction of historical memory

12.00-12.30
Press Conference / Coffee break

12.30-14.00 - Alfa Room
Roundtable discussion "Education Against Prejudice"
Moderator: Rabby Menachem Barkan (Latvia)

12:30-14:00 - ??? Room
Roundtable discussion "Documentaries on WWII and Holocaust: The Problem of Historical Truth"
Moderator: Boris Maftsir (Israel)

14.00-15.00
Dinner

15.00-17.30 - Alfa Room
Roundtable discussion "WWII and Holocaust: Unknown Historiсal Sources and Modern Historigraphy"
Moderator: Ilya Altman, Candidate of History (Russia)

17.30-18.00
Coffee Break

18.00-19.30 - Alfa Room
Roundtable discussion "WWII and Holocaust: Unknown Historiсal Sources and Modern Historigraphy" (Continued)
Moderator: Dr. Igor Kotler (USA)

19.30-20.15 - Alfa Room
Plenary Session; Reports by session moderators; Adoption of a resolution on the results of the conference; Closing of the confernece
Moderators:Janis Urbanovics, President of The Baltic Forum and Boris Spiegel, President of the WCRJ

Interview

An interview with Fraser Cameron, Director of the EU-Russia Center. For the European Union there is no alternative but to work with Russia as it is, not trying to pretend it is something different. See more

Conference 2009

Speech by Robert Nurick: ''My concern about Russia is that we will be too passive. And the reason I say that is because the signals we're getting from Moscow, often very explicit signals from Russian officials, are that, as far as they're concerned, the ball is in US' court.''. See more

Conference 2008

Speech by Rolf Ekéus: ''If EU and Russia should effectively work together to cope with these existential challenges, they should first make use of the opportunity to reshape their direct relations''. See more

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