The Institute on the Holocaust and Genocide was founded in Jerusalem, in 1979, by Israeli scholars Israel W. Charny, Shamai Davidson and Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel.^[1]

In 1982 the Institute on the Holocaust and Genocide held an interdisciplinary, multiple ethnic conference on the genocides of all peoples "First International Conference on the Holocaust and Genocide",^[2] while the New York Times and other world press reported about the efforts of several governments to close the conference down.^[3] In particular, despite of reported Turkish threats of reprisals against Israel and Turkish Jews, it included also lections on Armenian Genocide.^[4]

Among the notable publications of Institute are "Medical and Psychological Effects of Concentration Camps on Holocaust Survivors" by Robert Krell, Marc I. Sherman and Elie Wiesel (Transaction Publishers, 1988), "Genocide: A Critical Bibliographic Review" by Israel W. Charny, Vol. 1, 1988; Vol. 2, 1991 (London, re-issued in New York), "Enciclopedia of Genocide" (Santa Barbara, 1999) and "Holding on to Humanity - The Message of Holocaust Survivors" by Shamai Davidson (New York University Press, 1992).

Since 1987 the Institute on the Holocaust and Genocide is publishing a newsletter, Internet on Holocaust and Genocide that covers studies, books and magazine articles on Holocaust and other genocides.^[5]

[edit] Sources

• Dictionary of Genocide‎, by Samuel Totten, Paul Robert Bartrop, Steven L. Jacobs, 2007, p. 213

[edit] References

1. ^ Fascism and Democracy in the Human Mind: A Bridge Between Mind and Society, By Israel W. Charny Published by U of Nebraska Press, 2006, p. 373
2. ^ Statement of the Institute on the Holocaust and Genocide, May 2005
3. ^ Prevent genocide International, Prof. Israel W. Charny, Washington, 2000
4. ^ Around the World; Armenians to Take Part In Tel Aviv Seminar, New York Times, June 16, 1982
5. ^ Holocaust Literature: A Handbook of Critical, Historical, and Literary Writings‎, by Saul S. Friedman, 1993, p. 196