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Areas of expertise: Countering Holocaust distortion and antisemitism, Denazification, Holocaust education, remembrance, and research
Dr. Kathrin Meyer has been the Secretary General of the IHRA since 2008. Dr. Meyer has an MA in Educational Science and a PhD in History from the Technical University Berlin, specializing in denazification and re-education in Germany after 1945.
From 2000-2004 she was a Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Research on Antisemitism, Technical University Berlin and in 2003 a research fellow at the Center for advanced Holocaust studies at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum. In 2004 Dr. Meyer was appointed Adviser on Antisemitism Issues at the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights in Warsaw, Poland, where she was responsible for designing and implementing a program aimed at combating antisemitism and strengthening Holocaust education and remembrance in the (then) 56 participating OSCE States.
In her role as Secretary General of the IHRA, Dr. Meyer provides support and guidance to the IHRA Chair and coordinates – together with her colleagues at the IHRA Permanent Office – the activities of the IHRA’s Member and Observer Countries, as well as the projects and work of the organization’s expert Working Groups and specialized Committees.
Helping the press and media professionals approach complex Holocaust-related issues sensitively and accurately.
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