Holocaust studies, or sometimes Holocaust research, is a scholarly discipline that encompasses the historical research and study of the Holocaust. Institutions dedicated to Holocaust research investigate the multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary aspects of Holocaust methodology, demography, sociology, and psychology. It also covers the study of Nazi Germany, World War II, Jewish history, religion, Christian-Jewish relations, Holocaust theology, ethics, social responsibility, and genocide on a global scale. Exploring trauma, memories, and testimonies of the experiences of Holocaust survivors, human rights, international relations, Jewish life, Judaism, and Jewish identity in the post-Holocaust world are also covered in this type of research. Academic research Among the research institutions and academic programs specializing in Holocaust research are: Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, University of Minnesota European Holocaust Research Infrastructure – it is financed by the 7th Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development of the European Union Fritz Bauer Institute in Frankfurt, Germany, named after the German judge and prosecutor at the Frankfurt Auschwitz trials (Fritz Bauer) Holocaust and Genocide Studies (journal), Oxford Academic. International Institute for Holocaust Research at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem, Israel Polish Center for Holocaust Research at the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw, Poland Stockton University offered the first Master of Arts in Holocaust and genocide degree in the United States in 1999 Uppsala Programme for Holocaust and Genocide Studies in Uppsala, Sweden Vienna Wiesenthal Institute for Holocaust Studies Scholars Prominent Holocaust scholars include: H. G. Adler (1910–1988), a Czechoslovakian Jew who survived the Holocaust and became one of the early scholars of the Holocaust. Hannah Arendt (1906–1975), a German-American political theorist who is known for the term "banality of evil", used to describe Adolf Eichmann. Yehuda Bauer (born 1926), a Czechoslovak-born Israeli historian and scholar on the Holocaust and antisemitism. Doris Bergen (born 1960), a Canadian academic and Holocaust historian. Michael Berenbaum (born 1945), an American scholar and rabbi who specializes in the study of the memorialization of the Holocaust. He served as Project Director of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1988–1993. Alan L. Berger (born 1939), the Raddock Family Eminent Scholar Chair for Holocaust Studies at Florida Atlantic University, Professor of Jewish Studies at Florida Atlantic University, Director of the Center for the Study of Values and Violence after Auschwitz, Editor and Author of Interdisciplinary Holocaust Scholarship, Co-Editor of Second