Israel Gutman Award for Holocaust research

On Monday, March 31, 2025, the Wiener Library hosted the award ceremony for the Professor Israel Gutman Award for Holocaust research.

 

16:00 | Gathering and Reception

16:30 | Opening Session
Greetings:

  • Yaakov Asher – Director General, Moreshet

  • Dr. Laureen Yehuda – Wiener Library for the Study of the Nazi Era and the Holocaust

  • Dita Gutman – Family representative
    Presentation of the Israel Gutman Memorial Prize

17:00 | Scholarly Session

  • Osher Leizer (University of Haifa)
    “And Life Goes On, Ladies and Gentlemen”: Café Culture in the Warsaw Ghetto
    Respondent: Prof. Havi Dreifuss (Tel Aviv University and Yad Vashem)
  • Reuven Mor (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
    “I Very Much Want to Hear Another Good Sermon”: Orthodox Judaism in Central Germany – Its Rise and Decline, A Study Based on a Corpus of Letters
    Respondent: Dr. Amir Teicher (Tel Aviv University)