European Holocaust Research Infrastructure (EHRI)

The Fritz Bauer Institute has been a member of the EHRI-DE consortium—the German node of the European Holocaust Research Infrastructure (ERIC)—since 2026. Other partners in EHRI-DE include the Federal Archives, the Arolsen Archives – International Center on Nazi Persecution, the German Exile Archive 1933–1945, and the Leibniz Institute for the History and Culture of Eastern Europe (GWZO). EHRI-DE is coordinated by the Center for Holocaust Studies at the Institute for Contemporary History.

During EHRI-DE’s four-year development phase, the consortium is focusing on establishing a sustainable connection to EHRI-ERIC, organically expanding the network in Germany and beyond, linking archival metadata and personal data, developing outreach formats, and promoting science communication.
 

EHRI-ERIC

The European Holocaust Research Infrastructure (EHRI-ERIC) focuses on networking and promoting transnational Holocaust research, documentation, and education. The greatest challenge in this context is the fragmentation of sources and expertise across institutions, countries, and continents. EHRI-ERIC overcomes this fragmentation by connecting sources and knowledge, as well as institutions and people.

EHRI was launched on January 26, 2025, at the POLIN Museum in Warsaw as the 30th European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC). The eleven founding member states of this permanent European infrastructure include Germany and Austria, as well as Israel, the United Kingdom, Belgium, Poland, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Romania, Slovakia, and Croatia. The respective member countries, which provide the core funding for EHRI-ERIC, are supported by corresponding national nodes, which are composed of leading institutions in the field of Holocaust research, documentation, and education. Central coordination of the European consortium is the responsibility of a Central Hub, which is based at the The NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust, and Genocide Studies in Amsterdam.
 

Research, Work, and Training Opportunities

• The EHRI Portal provides access to information on archival material on the Holocaust in institutions in and outside Europe.
• The EHRI Conny Kristel Fellowship Programme allows research stays of 1-6 weeks at one or more EHRI partner institutions, including the Fritz Bauer Institute. Information on application modalities and new calls can be found on the programme's homepage.
• The EHRI Document Blog offers the possibility to analyse and present working theses, (preliminary) research results and interesting source findings to a wider audience with the help of digital tools.
• The EHRI seminars are particularly aimed at doctoral students and early postdocs. The one-week events offer an overview of methodological developments in the field of Holocaust studies, exchange with experts, opportunities to present one's project and to gain an insight into the culture of remembrance of the region in which the seminar takes place.
• The Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) »The Holocaust through the Perspective of Primary Sources« offers video-based learning modules on source criticism in the history of the Holocaust for various target groups, such as students, teachers, and researchers.