Jovana Cvetićanin

Junior Fellow (10/2025 – 07/2026)
Claims Conference Saul Kagan Fellow in Advanced Shoah Studies

Yugoslavia and the Shoah 1944-1991

This project explores the evolution of Holocaust narrative and memory in Yugoslavia through the testimonies of Yugoslav Holocaust survivors, the Yugoslav press, and the complete case of Yugoslavia at the Eichmann trial. Focusing on the varied fates of Jews in different parts of occupied and partitioned Yugoslavia, it examines the initial formation of Holocaust narratives, the emergence of survivor stories and media representations in the immediate post-war era, and their transformation over nearly five decades.

Drawing on unexamined archival records, unpublished and unexplored personal accounts, and newspaper articles, it reveals two crucial but overlooked aspects of Holocaust memory, offering a deeper understanding of how awareness developed. By presenting the full Yugoslav case at the highly publicised Eichmann trial, including the narrative it generated about the Holocaust in Yugoslavia, the study provides new insight into the role of the Yugoslav state and its official stance towards the Holocaust and genocide.

Jovana Cvetićanin , PhD candidate at the Ben Gurion University of the Negev, holds a BA in Law, Faculty of Law, University of Belgrade, and an MA in Holocaust Studies from the University of Haifa, The Weiss-Livnat International MA Program in Holocaust Studies, School of History. She is author of the monograph Yugoslavia and the Eichmann Trial, recipient of Yad Vashem Award for 2019, 2023 Israel Gutman z”l Prize for Holocaust Research, 2025 The Raab Center Prize, and a Claims Conference Saul Kagan Fellowship in Advanced Shoah Studies.

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