YAD VASHEM THE HOLOCAUST MARTYRS AND HEROES REMEMBRANCE AUTHORITY

Their core work

Yad Vashem is Israel's official memorial and research institution for the Holocaust, serving as one of the world's foremost centers for Holocaust documentation, education, and remembrance. They maintain vast archives of testimonies, documents, photographs, and artifacts, and operate as a key node in the European Holocaust Research Infrastructure (EHRI). Their H2020 involvement centers on making dispersed Holocaust-related collections across Europe and beyond accessible, interoperable, and digitally connected for researchers worldwide.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

Yad Vashem's H2020 participation shows remarkable consistency rather than dramatic shifts — all three projects (2015–2025) are successive phases of the same European Holocaust Research Infrastructure initiative. The progression from EHRI (building the infrastructure) through EHRI-PP (preparatory phase for permanent status) to EHRI-3 (consolidation) reflects a deepening institutional commitment toward making EHRI a permanent European research infrastructure, likely aiming for ERIC (European Research Infrastructure Consortium) status.

Yad Vashem is moving with EHRI toward becoming a permanent pan-European research infrastructure, signaling long-term, stable partnership opportunities in digital heritage and archival science.

How they like to work

Yad Vashem operates exclusively as a participant, never as coordinator — consistent with their role as a major content-holding institution contributing collections and domain expertise to a European-led consortium. With 26 unique partners across 17 countries from just 3 projects, they work in large, international consortia. Their loyalty to the EHRI consortium across all three phases suggests they are a deeply committed, long-term partner rather than an opportunistic participant.

Despite participating in only 3 projects, Yad Vashem has collaborated with 26 partners across 17 countries — reflecting EHRI's broad European reach connecting archives, museums, and research institutions. Their network spans major Holocaust research centers and national archives across Europe and Israel.

What sets them apart

Yad Vashem is irreplaceable in any Holocaust-related research consortium — no other institution holds comparable breadth and depth of documentation, testimonies, and archival material. As a non-EU partner from Israel, they bring a unique perspective and collections that complement European archives. For any project involving historical memory, digital heritage, or transnational archival infrastructure, they are a partner with unmatched domain authority.

Highlights from their portfolio

• EHRI
  The foundational phase with the largest budget (EUR 1M to Yad Vashem), establishing the European Holocaust Research Infrastructure connecting dispersed collections across continents.
• EHRI-PP
  The preparatory phase for making EHRI a permanent European research infrastructure — a CSA project signaling the transition from research project to lasting institution.