Intensive Winter Program for
Yiddish in Munich and Fernvald
Theme:
Yiddish in Postwar Germany
February 22–27, 2027
Intensive language courses for advanced students (two levels) ❋ Lectures ❋ Workshops ❋ Tours of Jewish Munich after the war ❋ A day trip to Fernvald (Föhrenwald), a former DP camp
Scholarships available.
Installation view: Ann-Kathrin Müller, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026
About the program
The Intensive Winter Program for Yiddish in Munich/Fernvald will take place from February 22 to 27, 2027.
The one-week program focuses on the history of the Yiddish language and its speakers in Germany after the Second World War, particularly in the camps for Jewish Displaced Persons (DPs) and in Munich. It includes language classes, workshops, and lectures at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, as well as guided tours exploring Jewish life in Munich after 1945.
The program will also feature a day trip to the BADEHAUS Memorial Site in Wolfratshausen, on the grounds of the former Jewish DP camp Föhrenwald/Fernvald (1945–1957).
The program is primarily aimed at participants with advanced knowledge of Yiddish; language classes will be offered at two levels. Scholarships are available for participants in financial need.
At a glance
- When: Monday, February 22 – Saturday, February 27, 2027
- Where: Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich; BADEHAUS Memorial Site, Wolfratshausen
- For whom: advanced students, at two levels
- Language: most of the program will be in Yiddish
- Teachers: Sharon Bar-Kochva and Natalia Krynicka (Bibliothèque Medem, Paris)
- Cost: €330 tuition and €50 registration fee; scholarships available
Posters
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Organizers
- Dr. Tal Hever-Chybowski, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
- Dr. Alexandra Polyan, University of Regensburg
- Philip Schwartz, M.A., Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
- Dr. Daria Vakhrushova, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
The winter program is organized by “Yiddish in Germany” in partnership with the BADEHAUS Memorial Site in Wolfratshausen.
Supported by the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, and the Kronhill Pletka Foundation, in memory of Lilka Kronhill.
