The New York Times reports on Holocaust research presented at the GHI

In its March 2, 2013 Sunday Edition, the New York Times reported on recent research on the Holocaust presented at a panel discussion at the German Historical Institute, which was organized in cooperation with the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. At the panel discussion, researchers reported having cataloged some 42,500 Nazi ghettos and camps throughout Europe. GHI Director Hartmut Berghoff, quoted in the Times, noted that this number was "much higher than what we originally thought." The prominent and lengthy New York Times piece sparked international media coverage.

• For the New York Times article, see: Erich Lichtblau, "The Holocaust Just Got More Shocking," The New York Times, March 1, 2013
• For our report on the panel discussion, please see: "Fateful Communities: Jewish Ghettos in German-Occupied Eastern Europe, 1940-1945"
• For more information about the USHMM's multi-volume encyclopedia project, see: Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos, 1933-1945
• For our event report on the panel discussion following the publication of the USHMM's first volume, see: "Thousands of Sites, Millions of Fates: New Insights into the Universe of Nazi Camps"

German-language media coverage:

• Interview with GHI Director Hartmut Berghoff on the surprising findings of the USHMM encyclopedia: "Die Deutschen konnten sehen: Hier passieren schreckliche Dinge," Süddeutsche Zeitung, March 7, 2013
• ZDF television interview with GHI Director Hartmut Berghoff, "Mehr Straflager als gedacht," ZDF Morgenmagazin, March 6, 2013
• Katja Tichomirowa, "Viel mehr Lager als gedacht," Frankfurter Rundschau, March 6, 2013
• ZDF television reportage featuring GHI Fellow Stefan Hördler: "Neue Studie 42.000 Orte des Schreckens," ZDF heute journal, March 5, 2013
• Deputy Director Uwe Spiekermann and Research Fellow Stefan Hördler interviewed on the implications of the USHMM Encyplopedia: Stefan Koch, "Neue Studie deckt Netz der 42.500 Nazi-Lager auf," Hannoverische Allgemeine Zeitung, March 5, 2013
• Sven Felix Kellerhoff, "Nazis unterhielten mehr als 42.000 Gefängnisse," Die Welt, March 4, 2013
• Bernhard Schulz, "US-Forscher: 42.500 Lager in der Nazizeit," Der Tagesspiegel, March 3, 2013
• "Mehr als 40.000 Nazi-Zwangslager in Europe," Die Zeit, March 2, 2013

Further international media coverage:

• "Worse than the world ever imagined: True scale of the Holocaust revealed as it's discovered Nazis created 42,500 camps and ghettos to persecute Jews - not 7,000 as previously thought," Daily Mail, March 2, 2013
• Michael Walsh, "New Study says Holocaust infrastructure was far larger than thought: 42,500 sites across Europe," New York Daily News, March 2, 2013
• "Holocaust Researchers Catalog 42,500 Nazi Ghettos, Camps; Numbers Are 'Unbelievable'," The Huffington Post, March 2, 2013
• Sacha Kester, "Nazikampen en getto's in Europa in kaart gebracht: aantallen 'ongelofelijk hoog'," de Volkskrant, March 2, 2013
• "U.S. review raises extent of Holocaust," UPI, March 3, 2013
• "Timur Moon, "Nazis May Have BUilt 42,000 Death Camps, Not 7,000," International Business Times, March 3, 2012
• "Holocaust sites numbered 42,500," The New Zealand Herald, March 4, 2013
• "Nazis may have killed up to 20m, claims 'shocking' new Holocaust study," The Telegraph, March 4, 2013
• Sarah Pinard, "Une étude revoit à la hausse le nombre de camps nazis," Le Figaro, March 5, 2013 
• Interview with Hartmut Berghoff on Danish Radio, "Ny amerikansk afdækning af 42.500 KZ-lejre" March 7, 2013.

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