Press Release

21 November 2019

Ministry of Science supports research on Jewish emigration from Eastern Europe

Project »Shifting Knowledge« at the Dubnow Institute

Jewish emigration from the Soviet Union and other Eastern European states is the focus of a research project sponsored by the Saxon Ministry of Science and Art (SMWK). The project of the Dubnow Institute focuses on the one hand on Jewish emigration from the Soviet Union and other Eastern Bloc states and its impact on Jewish studies in the destination countries, especially in North America, Israel, and (since the 1990s) Germany. On the other hand, the project focuses on the retroactive effects of the emigrants on the research landscapes in their countries of origin.