Asymmetrical Justice: Roma and Jews in the Courtroom
26 April 2022, 5:00 pm CET
Ari Joskowicz (Vanderbilt University, Nashville) After World War Two, Roma and Sinti increasingly looked toward Jewish successes to define their own expectations of post-genocidal justice. At the same time, the legal innovations,...
Jewish Moneylending in Medieval Eger (Cheb)
31 May 2022, 5:00 pm CET
Kajetán Holeček (Charles University, Prague) Jews and Christians in Eger (Cheb) were deeply involved in moneylending in the city. A very important source for research of this topic in Eger are the books of obligations...
Jewish Initiative and Agency under Communism
An International Conference at the University of Wroclaw, 28 – 30 June 2022
Organizers: Kateřina Čapková, Semion Goldin, Kamil Kijek Throughout most of the twentieth century in the Soviet Union and from 1945 in east central European “people’s democracies,” citizens, including Jews, were...
