Contemporary Church History Quarterly
Volume 31, Number 3 (Fall 2025)
Conference Report: “Christianity in East Central Europe and the Holocaust,” 2025 Seminar on Ethics, Religion, and the Holocaust, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC, 9-13 June 2025
By Jonathan Huener, University of Vermont
Convened by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Programs on Ethics, Religion, and the Holocaust (PERH), the seminar “Christianity in East Central Europe and the Holocaust” brought together educators and scholars from Brazil, Canada, Hungary, Slovakia, Sweden, and the United States. The annual PERH Faculty Seminar on Religion and the Holocaust seeks to assemble university-level educators and scholars for in-depth consideration of the narratives, scholarship, and pedagogical opportunities and challenges associated with a specific topic. The 2025 seminar was led by Dr. Ion Popa of the University of Manchester, who also serves as a historical consultant to the USHMM’s Vatican Archives Initiative, and facilitated by Rebecca Carter-Chand, PERH Director, and Dr. Kathryn Julian, PERH Program Officer.
