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The 21st Annual JRI Days of Jasenovac

International Scientific Conference 2023

Voices of Jasenovac: Common and Conflicting Narratives

22–23 April 2023 • Hotel Moscow, Belgrade & Livestream

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Saturday, 22 April 2023

Day 1 of the Conference

  • Opening Addresses of the Conference 10:00 AM

    1. Welcoming and Opening remarks by Prof. Barry Lituchy, JRI Executive Director & Conference President -10 min.

    2. The audience is asked to stand as we observe A MINUTE OF SILENCE for all of the victims of the Nazi-Ustashe triple genocide against Romas, Serbs, and Jews and against all anti-fascists and political opponents, on this the 78th anniversary of the end of the Holocaust in fascist-occupied Yugoslavia.

  • Panel #1: Opening addresses to the conference on the dangers of historical revisionism 10:20 AM

    Dr Vasilije Krestić, Opening statement

    Dr. Dušan Bastašić, “Jadovno, the Forerunner of Jasenovac.” - recorded video message on Serbian

    Col. Antun Miletić, “About the Number of People Killed in Jasenovac.”

    Dr. Rory Yeomans (U.K.), “The Production of a Better Past: Between Memory Culture and Revisionism in Contemporary Croatia.” - Via Zoom

    Moderated by Barry Lituchy. (Questions and answer discussion will follow later in the day.)

  • Voices of Jasenovac – Testimonies of Child Survivors on the use of Ustashe and Nazi Terror against children. Moderated by Tamara Stojanović 10:50 AM

    Speakers: Mr. Gojko Rončević, Child Survivor of Jastrebarsko.

    Mr. Pajo Vukmir, Child Survivor of Jastrebarsko and Jasenovac.

    Mrs. Marija Barać, Child Survivor of Jastrebarsko and Jasenovac.

    Mr. Dušan Jerinić, Author, and Child Survivor of Jasenovac.

    Mr. Aleksandar Nećak, Child Survivor in Belgrade.

    Mr. Mile Bosnić, “On the collection of Survivor Testimonies.”

  • Panel #3: Voices of Jasenovac - Jewish Victims, Survivors, and Anti-Fascists of the Shoah in Yugoslavia. Moderated by Prof. Dr. Gideon Greif (Israel) 11:50 AM

    Speakers: Prof. Dr. Gideon Greif, Shem Olam Faith & the Holocaust Institute for Education, Documentation and Research (Israel), “The Holocaust of Yugoslav Jews: The Final Solution Prior to the Final Solution.”

    Nenad Fogel, President of the Zemun Jewish Community, “Agree to Disagree.”

    Aleksandar Nećak, Vice-President of the Zemun Jewish Community, “Jasenovac – The View from Belgrade in 2023.”

    Discussion, Questions and Answers until 1:30. Moderated by Dr. Greif.

  • Conference Break for Lunch (1 hour) 1:30 PM
  • Panel #4: Voices of Jasenovac – Roma Historians Explain the Samudaripen/Porajmos: the Genocide against Romas, in Fascist Occupied Yugoslavia. Moderated by Prof. Dr. Gideon Greif, Shem Olam Faith & the Holocaust Institute for Education, Documentation and Research (Israel) 2:30 PM

    Speakers: Dr. Dragoljub Acković (Serbia), “The Samudaripen of Roma Children in the NDH.”

    Dr. Danijel Vojak (Croatia), “On the Marginalization of the Suffering of the Innocent: The Genocide of the Roma in the Independent State of Croatia.” via Zoom

  • Panel #5: Voices of Jasenovac – The Forgotten Victims Moderated by Dr. Dragoljub Acković 3:45 PM

    Speakers: Dr. Filip Škiljan, “On the Persecution of Old Catholics.” ?

    Dr. Rory Yeomans, “The Fate of Croatian Families of Serbian and Jewish Deportees. Preliminary Evidence from the Archives.- via Zoom

    Tamara Stojanović, “Jasenovac in the Documents of the Yugoslav State Commission for Determining the Crimes of the Occupiers and their Collaborators, 1943-1947.”

  • Questions and Answers Period for all of the Panels and Presenters. Moderated by Prof. Barry Lituchy, Prof. Dr. Gideon Greif and Dr. Acković 5:00 PM
  • Conference Adjourns until Sunday 10 AM 6:30 PM

Sunday, 23 April 2023

Day 2 of the Conference

  • Panel #6 - Stepinac, the Catholic Church, and the Revisionist Narrative Moderated by Col. Antun Miletić 10:00 AM

    Speakers: Dr. Aleksandar Stojanović, “The Croatian and Catholic State: The Ustashe Regime and Religious Communities in the NDH.“

    Jovan Pejin, “On the attempt to rehabilitate Stepinac.“

    Goran Šarić (Croatia), “Dr. Alojzije Stepinac and Genocide in the Independent State of Croatia.“

  • Panel #7 - Combatting Revisionist Narratives as part of the Anti-fascist Struggle. Moderated by John Bosnitch 11:30 AM

    Speakers: Dr. Elena Guskova (Russia), “Why Jasenovac Must Never Happen Again.”

    Prof. Dr. Nissan Sharify, Ono Academic College (Israel), on “Participation of the Jews of Yugoslavia in the Anti-Fascist Struggle.”

    Prof. Dr. Norman Markowitz, Rutgers University (USA), “On Revisionist Narratives of Fascism and Genocide.” recorded video message on English.

    Dr. Ulrich Schneider (Germany), Secretary General, International Federation of Antifascist Resistance (FIR), on “The FIR and the fight against historical revisionism – Stop the Revisionist Declarations in the European Parliament, the Rehabilitation of Fascist Collaborators, and the Desecration of Memorial Places.” via Zoom

  • Panel #8: The Role of Commemorating the Holocaust in former Yugoslavia: Past, Present & Future. Moderated by Prof. Dr. Gideon Greif 1:00 PM

    Speakers: Dr. Davor Stipić, “Commemorating the Holocaust in Former Yugoslavia”

    Avi Mizrachi & Katharine Korsuch, Foundation for Holocaust Education Projects, Miami, Florida, on “Who Will Tell My Story? Searching for Memory, Dialogue, and Restoration.”. - via Zoom

    Prof. Barry Lituchy, “On the role of Commemoration as Holocaust Education in JRI and at the Holocaust Memorial Park in New York City.”

    Questions and Answers, Discussion: Until 2 PM

  • Break for Lunch 2:00 PM
  • Draft of the Resolution of the April 2023 International Conference on Genocide in the fascist Independent State of Croatia During World War II: Voices of Jasenovac - Common and Conflicting Narratives 3:00 PM
  • Closing of the Conference 5:00 PM

    Dinner

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