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Since its inception, the VWI has conducted research projects funded by third-party grants. Projects initiated and conceived independently and submitted to national, European and international funding bodies play a central role, as do transnational research collaborations. The Institute regularly participates in bilateral and international projects as a consortium partner. Through its archives and digital access points, the VWI provides researchers with excellent services. The VWI’s own research focuses on the sustainable usability and digital transformation of its archives, as well as integrating the VWI and Austria into the international field of Holocaust research. VWI’s academic publications include two book series and one e-journal. The Contributions of the VWI to Holocaust Research publishes articles from conferences, symposia and workshops organised by the VWI following a peer-review process. The VWI Study Series is dedicated to specific topics and research questions within the Institute’s field and is presented in the form of monographs. S:I.M.O.N. – Shoah: Intervention. Methods. Documentation. is the VWI’s semiannual open-access journal.
Beyond Words. From Testimony to Visual Storytelling in Holocaust Education (2026-2028)
Recognising Europe's shared history, this project highlights that among the educational tools created and distributed across Europe, only a few focus on the fate of Jewish communities between 1941 and 1944 under Romanian rule. These communities faced discrimination, were targeted in pogroms, and were later ghettoised and killed in Transnistria. This initiative aims to raise awareness among the broader European public about these lesser-known Holocaust stories.
The project will be carried out in three countries: Austria, the Republic of Moldova, and Romania, and aims to reshape Holocaust knowledge and the memory of its victims through three objectives:
1) innovating Holocaust education by collaboratively creating an EDUCATIONAL KIT on the Holocaust under Romanian authority;
2) fostering dialogue among the wider teachers’ community, relevant public stakeholders, professionals from different fields, and NGOs involved in educational projects across the three partner countries, focusing on implementing innovative teaching tools that foster Holocaust education and tackle threats to democracy in today’s Europe;
3) bringing together young people from the three partner countries to highlight the "common history" we share as Europeans, acknowledge the negative past, and emphasize the importance of understanding past failures to protect the EU’s democratic values and build a better future.
The project is coordinated by the "Elie Wiesel" National Institute for the Study of the Holocaust in Romania.
Partner institutions:
Vienna Wiesenthal Institute for Holocaust Studies (VWI)
Jewish Community of Moldova (JCM)
Moldova National Museum Complex (MNMC)
Funded by the European Union through the CERV-2025-CITIZENS-REM-HOLOCAUSTJEW program.
