University of Amsterdam
This month, the UvA and the NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies will reflect on the 20th anniversary of the study and research programme Holocaust and Genocide Studies in the Netherlands. What once began with three students has developed into a unique and international programme that attracts students and researchers from all over the world.
Red Terror Martyrs’ Memorial Museum, Ethiopia (Photo: Adam Jones)
April 2021 marks precisely 20 years since the Dutch government, the UvA and the NIOD decided to establish a centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies. That establishment was connected with the signature of the Declaration of the Stockholm International Forum on the Holocaust (2000), with which the Netherlands promised to actively devote itself to academic research and teaching in this field.