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Introduction to Blavatnik Archive’s Open-Access Digital Collections

On Tuesday, May 12, 2026, from 6:30–8:00 p.m. EDT, the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard University will host an online presentation introducing the Blavatnik Archive’s open-access digital collections on Soviet history, World War II, 20th-century Jewish culture, and the Holocaust. The program will highlight primary source materials—including postcards, photographs, posters, illustrations, and letters—and explore how educators and scholars can use the Archive’s digital tools for research, teaching, and classroom engagement. The event will feature Julie Reines Chervinsky, Director of the Blavatnik Archive, and Brandon Schechter, Historian at the Blavatnik Archive.

A Special Screening and Concert of ‘The Last Musician of Auschwitz’ at the Center for Jewish History

The Last Musician of Auschwitz, executive produced by Emily Blavatnik and Danny Cohen, is a feature-length documentary that tells the story of Jewish cellist Anita Lasker-Wallfisch and other musicians at the Auschwitz concentration camp who used music as a form of resistance and testimony. The film features first-person accounts from Holocaust survivors and includes new interpretations of musical works written by victims, highlighting themes of loss, cultural memory, and the resilience of the human spirit amidst the horrors of the camp. Musicians from the Phoenix Chamber Ensemble of the Blavatnik Chamber Music Series will perform 45 minutes of music from the film, and other pieces played by prisoners at Auschwitz, before the screening. The special event will take place at the Center for Jewish History in New York on Thursday, October 30.

A Night in Old Vienna with Phoenix Chamber Ensemble: Blavatnik Chamber Music Series at CJH – In-Person Program and Live on YouTube

Join Phoenix Chamber Ensemble pianists Vassa Shevel and Inessa Zaretsky and guest artists Anna Elashvili (violin) and Aaron Wolff (cello) for an evening of Mozart and Schubert. Founded in 2005 by pianists Vassa Shevel and Inessa Zaretsky, and celebrating their 20th anniversary this year, the Phoenix Chamber Ensemble has become a vital part of the New York classical community, presenting more than 70 public concerts at the Center for Jewish History. Made possible by the Stravinsky Institute Foundation through the generous support of the Blavatnik Family Foundation.

New Exhibition Highlights Untold Stories of Jewish Soldiers in the Red Army

On January 27th, the Blavatnik Archive’s exhibition, Jewish Fighters in the Red Army: 1941-1945, will open to the public in the Center for Jewish History. Situated in the Center’s Great Hall, the exhibition will run until December 31, 2025. The exhibit is comprised of striking war-time portraits of Jewish veterans who fought in the Soviet army in World War II, and a rare selection from soldiers’ personal diaries. Recognizing that the stories of Jewish soldiers were mostly left out of the more familiar narratives about the Jewish experience of the war and the Holocaust, the Blavatnik Archive began to record and share their testimonies.

The Dreyfus Affair in Postcards: Going Viral at the End of the 19th Century

The Blavatnik Archive and the Center for Jewish History are excited to announce an upcoming exhibit on the famous Dreyfus Affair as seen through the lens of “Dreyfusard” and “anti-Dreyfusard” postcards from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Soviet Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee: Propaganda, Advocacy, and a Call for Unity, 1941-1948

The Blavatnik Archive and the Center for Jewish History are excited to announce a new exhibit on the complex and tragic story of the Soviet Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee and its…

Idealizing Zion: Visualizing the Jewish State 

The symposium coincides with a new exhibit, “Idealizing Zion: Visualizing the Jewish State,” featuring early twentieth-century postcards from the Blavatnik Archive's collection

Honoring Holocaust Memorial Day 2026

Events and Activities Supported by the Blavatnik Family Foundation International Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27th, 2026, commemorates the genocide of six million Jews, one-third of the world’s Jewish population,…

Honouring the 80th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz

Events and Activities Supported by the Blavatnik Family Foundation International Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27, 2025, commemorates the genocide of six million Jews, one-third of the world’s Jewish population,…