Overcoming the past, determining its consequences and finding solutions for the present : a contribution for Deaf studies and sign language education : proceedings of the 6th Deaf History International Conference, July 31-August 04, 2006 at the Humboldt University, Berlin / Mark Zaurov & Klaus-B. Günther (eds.).

"A contribution for Deaf Studies, Holocaust Studies and Sign Language Education."--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction / Mark Zaurov and Klaus-B. Günther -- Applied Deaf history. Minorization and integration: Deaf history within the scope of general history / Günther List -- The wartime incarceration of the deaf and hard of hearing Nikkei in U.S.A. camps, 1942-1945 / Newby Ely -- To be secluded. The image of deafness and the senses in Swedish periodicals for the deaf in the 1920's / Ylva Söderfeldt Garmland -- The purge of deaf intellectuals during the Stalin era / Arkady Belozovsky -- From the De'VIA manifesto to future De'VIA studies / Paul Johnston -- My artworks as a Deaf Israeli / Uzi Buzgalo -- Deafhood and Deaf history / Paddy Ladd -- Tracing deafhood: exploring the origins and spread of Deaf cultural identity / Jordan Eickman -- Societal and political view of Deaf history and genetics. History and genetics: stories of Deaf people / Carol Padden -- Ethics, genetics and Deaf perspectives / Theresa Blankmeyer Burke -- Retrospective on the forced sterilization of deaf people and today's genetic research / Hans-Jürgen Stepf -- Hitler Youth and force sterilization: Deaf youth of the Third Reich: examples from Hamburg / Iris Groschek -- Panel 1: Deaf Hitler Youth and forced sterilization / Fridolin Wasserkampf, Kurt Eisenblätter, Harald Weickert, Mark Zaurov -- Documentation 1: The deaf in the Hitler Youth organization -- Deaf Holocaust. Deaf Holocaust / Mark Zaurov -- How I became involved with the research on Deaf Holocaust survivors / Simon J. Carmel -- Remembering the deaf Kindertransports from Berlin / Douglas D. Bahl -- Jewish first or Deaf first? / Fred Friedman -- Panel 2: Deaf Holocaust-survivors / Israel Savir, Abraham Neumann, Jacob Ehrenfeld, Lea Halpern-Huysmans, Anna Vos-Van Dam, Lazar Perl, Mark Zaurov -- Documentation 2: The "Israelitische Taubstummenanstalt" (ITA) in Berlin-Weissensee (1873-1942) -- Interrelation between science, education and society towards Deaf people. After Milan: Stages of the long way to acceptance of sign language in education of deaf children in the German pedagogy of the deaf, 1920-1935-1945-1982-1993-2004 / Klaus-B. Günther -- Evacuation of British deaf schools during World War Two / John A. Hay -- From deaf mutes to native signers: the history of the sign language community in Finland / Eeva Saalmi -- Documentation 3: The Finnish Museum of the Deaf -- How did the Kabbalah and Torah become accessible for the deaf over thousands of years? / Ellen Roth and Douglas Goldhammer -- Closing panel / Mark Zaurov and Klaus-B. Günther -- Conclusion: an insight into the future / Mark Zaurov.