• Preserving Jewish Memory. Bringing history to life.

    • November 1938

      Centropa's November 1938 site places the historical events of 1938 in Austria, including the March 1938 Anschluss, the Kristallnacht pogroms, and the beginning of anti-Semitic persecution, into the context of Jewish witnesses testimonies and by doing so makes history tangible. Go to the project website for a historic overview of 1938, testimonies from the Centropa archive as well as further resources and teaching materials.

      (Photo: Wiener Library/DöW F. Nr. 6392)

    • Remembering Judit Kinszki

      On 16 November 2026, Centropa Hungary will host a commemorative event in Budapest dedicated to the memory and legacy of Judit Kinszki, marking the first anniversary of her passing. Read Judit Kinszki's story on our IMAGINE project page.

      Find out more about the commemorative event on the event page.
       

    • Project highlight: ENGAGE

      "ENGAGE: Jewish Women from Greece and Germany in the 20th Century” was a project funded by the German Foreign Office through their German-Greek Future Fund. Aimed at strengthening the understanding between Greek and German civil societies through intercultural exchange and cooperation among eight university students from Greece and Germany. Find out more about the project, its partners and graphic novels on the project website.

    • 10 Polish Cities, 10 Jewish Stories

      The “10 Polish Cities, 10 Jewish Stories” exhibition is permanently hosted by the Galicia Jewish Museum in Kraków. 

      The biographies paint a vivid picture of Jewish life in Poland: some of the men and women featured grew up in large cities, while others came from shtetls - small towns with significant Jewish populations. 

    • The Holocaust in Ukraine: A Graphic Novel

      A graphic novel about two Jewish girls, who grew up in Rivne, now part of Ukraine. 

        Centropa in Education

        More than a thousand teachers use our oral history archive to teach everything from social studies to literature, foreign language to photography, filmmaking to art.

          The Centropa Collection at USHMM

          The Centropa archive has been acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC. 

          USHMM will soon offer a Special Collections page for Centropa.

          Award winning films that bring history to life through documentaries and personal stories.

          We are taking some of our most compelling interviews and turning them into audio theatre productions.

          Café Centropa: our social club for the Holocaust survivors we've interviewed.

          Dozens of mouth-watering recipes we've collected along with great ideas from Jayne Cohen and others. From classic Ashkenazi recipes to recipes from Turkish Jewish kitchens

          Over 2,000 family photographs and 150 interviews conducted in Bosnia, Serbia, Croatia, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Greece and Turkey

          Help make possible our programs for holocaust survivors, teachers in Ukraine or support our day-to-day operations.