ResearchDIIS, Holocaust and Genocide, in accordance with law no. 411 of 06/06/2002, participates in the institute's activities through its work on the Holocaust, genocide and political mass murder. The research's focus is on the social processes that lead to genocide, mass violence and ethnic cleansing, including the role of the state in combating genocide as well as committing it, and on the role of the international community. A special research and interest area is the significance of the Holocaust for European society since World War II and how European society has come to grips with Nazi crimes before and after the war, in relation to remembrance policies, memory culture, jurisprudence and the writing of history. Current projects on "The normative impact of the Holocaust in post-war Europe", include a Ph.D. project "The Holocaust’s Influence on European Identity and Politics", a witness project, “Theresienstadt”, an educational project on Holocaust denial, and other activities in connection with Auschwitz Day. DIIS, Holocaust and Genocide, has since its founding housed several individual research projects on various aspects of Holocaust, genocide and political mass murder. These projects include the study of the Action Reinhardt offenders, the Stalinist trials of German war criminals, the significance of religious thinking and religious perspectives in relation to reactions to crimes against humanity, as well as questions of forgiveness, justice and reconciliation subsequent to genocide. In addition, DIIS, Holocaust and Genocide, carried out a five-year study of Danish refugee policies affecting Jewish refugees during the period 1933-1945, requisitioned by the Prime Minister. The research resulted in a four-volume work entitled "Danish Refugee Policy 1933-1945" (2005-7). Current research and projects at DIIS, Holocaust and Genocide, are as follows: Processes that lead to genocide, with special focus on the role of states and the international community. Projects involved:
The significance of the Holocaust for post-war European politics and culture, including memory culture and politics of remembrance. Projects involved: |
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