Workshop on the History and Memory of National Socialist Camps and Killing Sites

About the Workshop

Interdisciplinary and Transnational

Promoting Emerging Graduates and Practitioners

Self-organized and Democratic

The “Workshop on the History and Memory of National Socialist Camps and Killing Sites” has been organized annually by graduates and practitioners for graduates and practitioners since 1994.

Each year it takes place at a different location related to National Socialist camps and killing sites. The week-long program consists of excursions and presentations given by recent graduates and practitioners on current research topics related to this theme.

The aim of the workshop is to give emerging academics and practitioners the chance to discuss their work in a friendly atmosphere, to enable networking from different countries and disciplines, and to promote research on marginalized topics. A collective volume is published after each workshop.

You can find information about past workshops and their resulting publications on this website.

The 26th Workshop will take place in Lodz, Poland from 4 – 10 September 2023.


Recent News

We invite you to apply to the 26th Workshop on the History and Memory of National Socialist Camps and Killing Sites. The workshop will take place in Łódź, Poland, from 4 to 10 September 2023 and explore “bodies and borders” as analytical categories for the study of the Holocaust, Nazi camps and killing sites.

Our call for papers and participants is now live and open for submission until January 15th 2023. Please contact us for any queries.

Download the Call for Papers and Participants here


Introducing the orga team for the 26th Workshop in Łódź, Poland, you can find their individual profiles here!


22nd Workshop, 2017 – Publication


The collective volume from the 22nd Workshop has been published, it is available through Metropol!


21st Workshop, 2016 – Publication


The collective volume from the 21st Workshop has been published, it is available through Metropol!