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Joshua Andy @andyjc17.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Come to @cjewishhistory.bsky.social March 19 for book launch on Older Jews and the Holocaust by @joannasliwa24.bsky.social @ceschmidt.bsky.social and Betsy Anthony. It’s worth it. I’m making the day trip to NYC from Pittsburgh programs.cjh.org/event/older-...

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Older Jews and the Holocaust - In-person Program

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Joanna Sliwa @joannasliwa24.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Jewish women resisters in the Warsaw Ghetto drive the history that @ehistorian.bsky.social tells in her new @harpercollins.bsky.social book. It was an honor to write a blurb for it. You will not want to put down this book. www.harpercollins.com/products/the...

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Valentin Sandulescu @valisandulescu.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

📚 Our book published with Central European University Press (an imprint of @amsterdamupress.bsky.social ) has finally arrived and it looks really cool😀! #newbook #academicsky #skystorians #JewishStudies 📖 🗃️ www.aup.nl/en/book/9789...

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Joanna Sliwa @joannasliwa24.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

This is a groundbreaking discovery that could bring researchers closer to learning about the survival and whereabouts of the prewar Lublin Yeshiva books, a collection of immense historical and religious importance. Via @thejerusalempost.bsky.social www.jpost.com/history/arti...

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Hidden cache reveals 1.5-ton haul of Lublin yeshiva books | The Jerusalem Post

The researchers removed about 40 to 50 sacks—roughly 1.5 tons—from a locked basement near the Nożyk Synagogue.

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Dr Anna Hájková @ankahajkova.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

If you are in Europe and want to pre-order People without History are Dust, you can do that here: there is also a 30% discount coupon: FFS25 mngbookshop.co.uk/978148755711...

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People Without History Are Dust

Queerness remains one of the most stigmatized and overlooked aspects of Holocaust history, often erased due to the lingering homophobia of survivors. People ...

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EHRI-UK @ehri-uk.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

We're hiring! EHRI-UK Project Assistant - remote work w/ some travel @wienerlibrary.bsky.social Part time (0.4-0.5FTE depending on candidate). Initially 9 months but anticipating extension. Perfect for #PhD students - spread the word! Closing date 26/09/25 wienerholocaustlibrary.org/what-we-do/s...

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Work With Us - The Wiener Holocaust Library

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Joanna Sliwa @joannasliwa24.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Polska wersja #CounterfeitCountess w księgarniach od 14.10. Kiedy myślisz, że już wiemy tak wiele o historii II wojny światowej i Holokaustu, to #FałszywaHrabina pokaże ile jeszcze jest do odkrycia. www.rebis.com.pl/pl/book-fals...

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Jelena Subotic @jelenasubotic.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

So over the next few days I want to tell you a little bit about my new @oxfordacademic.bsky.social book about looted art. The book is about art so there are many great pictures! A very short, mini-thread 👇

cover of book "The Art of Status" by Jelena Subotic

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Joanna Sliwa @joannasliwa24.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

How does age affect people’s experiences in times of humanitarian crisis? This forthcoming book coedited by @ceschmidt.bsky.social, Betsy Anthony, and me explores the lives of #OlderJews before, during, and after the #Holocaust. wsupress.wayne.edu/9780814352052/

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Martina Mampieri @martinamampieri.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

🇮🇹 CALLING ITALIAN NATIVE (OR NEAR-NATIVE) SPEAKERS 🇮🇹 Are you fluent in Italian? Join me in transcribing & editing Morais’s Italian materials—or share with your Italian-speaking students, friends & colleagues. It’s easy & fun! 🎉

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University of California Press @ucpress.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

We heard that a certain high-profile lawyer was having a bit of a "pierogi problem" himself... Coincidentally, we have a new book that looks at the reinvention of Polish cuisine. Stop by our #ASA2025 booth and check it out!

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Joanna Sliwa @joannasliwa24.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Interesting take on the role of photographers at sites of mass destruction (here @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social), grand projects (by whom? for whom? for what?), and of photography's potential to help viewers understand complex historical events. @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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A new coffee-table book shows one thing: celebrity artists should not be allowed near Auschwitz | Agata Pyzik

We won’t deepen our understanding of the Holocaust with vanity projects like Juergen Teller’s misguided new work, says author Agata Pyzik

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Joanna Sliwa @joannasliwa24.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

A new historical and genealogical resource is available from @geshergalicia.org: transcribed and searchable name lists of Jewish orphans in Galicia after World War I who received JDC help, and of the children's parents. The records are held at YIVO. www.geshergalicia.org/projects/the...

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Joanna Sliwa @joannasliwa24.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Roger Cohen on the anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre: “(…) hatred is an elixir, a potent political bomb, a seductive answer to the banality of life(…)It is always available to the nationalist demagogue ready to identify scapegoats, promise vengeance and whip a pliant population into a frenzy.”

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Srebrenica, a Massacre Foretold, Still Casts Its Shadow

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The Wiener Holocaust Library @wienerlibrary.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

📢 Newly digitised and accessible online! Researchers can now access a digitised collection relating to the fate of Roma and Sinti under the Nazis. The collection was gathered following research into Nazi anti-Gypsy policies and the treatment of Roma and Sinti during the Nazi period buff.ly/J3iXPll

A graphic showing a copy of a map of the Gypsy ghetto in Lodz and a photo of the Auschwitz memorial to gypsies

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Landecker Digital Memory Lab @ldml.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

This web-based #VR experience exploring the events of #Kristallnacht through Dr. Charlotte Knobloch's testimony, which brought together the @claims-conference.bsky.social, @uscshoahfoundation.bsky.social, @unesco.org, Meta, and #XR company makemepulse, will be presented at our Expo. #ldml_25

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Claims Conference @claims-conference.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

At the annual Saul Kagan Fellowship in Advanced Shoah Studies Workshop, alumnus Dr. Dallas Michelbacher (2014-2016), an Applied Researcher at the @ushmm.bsky.social, an expert on the Holocaust in Romania and the author of the book "Jewish Forced Labor in Romania, 1940-1944," gave the keynote.

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Joanna Sliwa @joannasliwa24.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

And the winner of the 2024 Rachel Feldhay Brenner Award from the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America is… @jholc.bsky.social for her @brandeispress.bsky.social book “The Weavers of Trautenau.” Ceremony at the Polish Consulate in NYC. Congratulations!

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Claims Conference @claims-conference.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

The annual workshop of the Claims Conference #SaulKagan Fellowship in Advanced Shoah Studies brought early-career scholars together to discuss their projects. It also allowed them to connect with former Fellows, including those currently working at the @ushmm.bsky.social. #HolocaustEducation

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Joanna Sliwa @joannasliwa24.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Jacy wyborcy i kraj, taki nowy prezydent. Ponad 50% Polek i Polaków NIE wybrało postępu, poszanowania człowieka, godnego życia i kompetencji do sprawowania urzędu. Za to zakrólował nacjonalizm, nienawiśc, zaściankowośc, pogarda, huliganizm, korupcja i oszustwa. Oto Polska w XXI wieku.

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Waitman Wade Beorn, PhD, FRHistS @waitmanwbeorn.com · 23/05/2025

Thanks so much to the @claims-conference.bsky.social for inviting me to provide feedback to some amazing early career scholar/fellows this week. It was great to see that our field is in such good hands!

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Claims Conference @claims-conference.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Do you want to know more about the history of the #Holocaust in Hungary? The new Hungarian Holocaust Research Network, co-founded by Claims Conference #SaulKagan Fellows (Istvan Pal Adam, Peter Buchmuller, and Borbala Klacsmann), includes helpful resources. hhrn.webnode.hu/en/ #HolocaustEducation

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American Historical Association @historians.org · 09/05/2025

Deadline approaching: submit nominations for the AHA’s awards and prizes by May 15. The AHA recognizes outstanding historical work of many types, including exceptional books, distinguished teaching and mentoring, film, and digital projects and resources. 🗃️

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Awards & Prizes - AHA

Awards for Publications These prizes honor exceptional books, articles, films, and digital works on a wide range of historical topics. Awards for Scholarly and Professional Distinction These awards re...

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Claims Conference @claims-conference.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Applications are now open for the Claims Conference’s 2025 Emerging Filmmaker contest. Directors can submit a screenplay or documentary treatment for a short film about the Holocaust and/or the experiences of Jewish Holocaust victims. The deadline is June 16. More information at: Film@claimscon.org.

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Joanna Sliwa @joannasliwa24.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Moja rozmowa z Martą Grudzińską o #FalszywaHrabina w programie @majdanekmuseum.bsky.social z okazji obchodów Jom Haszoa. Wyjątkowe okazje, kiedy mówię publicznie po polsku.

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Janina Suchodolska - fałszywa hrabina

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Joanna Sliwa @joannasliwa24.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

For #YomHashoah, I spoke with Phyllis Zimbler Miller and Evelyn Markus on their Never Again Is Now podcast about Jewish women's resistance during the #Holocaust. Have a listen about the various ways in which Jewish women of different ages tried to resist persecution and thwart the Nazi racist plans.

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US - Yom Hashoah: Resistance of women - Ep. 184

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Majdanek Museum @majdanekmuseum.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Zapraszamy do wysłuchania rozmowy na temat fascynującej historii Janiny Suchodolskiej. Transmisja będzie dostępna na naszym Facebooku o godz. 17:00.

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Joanna Sliwa @joannasliwa24.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

W Jom Haszoa, żydowskim Dniu Pamięci o Zagładzie, porozmawiam z Martą Grudzińską w programie online @majdanekmuseum.bsky.social o #FałszywaHrabina #CounterfeitCountess, która nie dość, że starała się przeżyć pod przybraną tożsamością katoliczki arystokratki, to jeszcze pomagała Polakom na Majdanku

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Janina Suchodolska – Fałszywa Hrabina. /// Rozmowa z Joanną Śliwą

Event in Lublin, Poland by Państwowe Muzeum na Majdanku / State Museum at Majdanek on Thursday, April 24 2025 with 159 people interested.

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Claims Conference @claims-conference.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

"Vanishing Witnesses: An Urgent Analysis of the Declining Population of Holocaust Survivors" is a population projection report based on extensive data collected by the Claims Conference since 1952. The report reveals projections of the time we have left with these eyewitnesses. youtu.be/r0RKDN0QYqw

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Vanishing Witnesses: An Urgent Analysis of the Declining Population of Holocaust Survivors

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Joanna Sliwa @joannasliwa24.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

How do the voices and experiences of older Jews expand our understanding of the Holocaust? Join us @clarkuniversity.bsky.social in person or online. Details ⤵️

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Joanna Sliwa @joannasliwa24.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

An engaged audience is every speaker’s dream. Thanks to the guests at my talk about @simonandschuster.bsky.social #CounterfeitCountess @rowanuniversity.bsky.social we had an enriching discussion. Now there’s a recording.

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Joanna Sliwa talks on her book, The Counterfeit Countess.

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Claims Conference @claims-conference.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Two former Claims Conference #SaulKagan Fellows, Drs. Aleksandra Bankowska and Tomasz Frydel, joined the editorial board of the prestigious scholarly journal #HolocaustStudies of the Polish Center for Holocaust Research. Peruse the issues and a wealth of articles ⬇️ www.zagladazydow.pl/index.php/zz

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Joanna Sliwa @joannasliwa24.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

When I speak @deborahdwork.bsky.social, the stress of being recorded disappears. Debórah is the reason I'm a Holocaust scholar and educator. She's my role model and a cherished advisor. I'm lucky to have such a brilliant and wonderfully supportive person in my life. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdr2...

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Joanna Sliwa - Teachers Make a Difference - Debórah Dwork

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Claims Conference @claims-conference.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Former Claims Conference #SaulKagan Fellows share their expertise in #HolocaustStudies in various ways. Dr. Kamil Kijek is the co-author of the new exhibit concept at the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews about Jewish life after the #Holocaust. On view until Sep 15. polin.pl/en/event/194...

"1945. Not the End, Not the Beginning" - From the POLIN Museum: On the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, we present an exhibition dedicated to people who tried to rebuild their lives on the ruins of the old world. Deprived of nearly everything—their nearest and dearest, their community and their home—they faced a dramatic choice: to stay or to leave? There were very few of them—ninety percent of Polish Jews perished in the Holocaust. The exhibition "1945. Not the End, Not the Beginning" will show the postwar reality through the eyes of those who survived.

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Joanna Sliwa @joannasliwa24.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

From now on it’s not worth obsessing if you say “thank you for your massage” instead of “thank you for your message.”

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Claims Conference @claims-conference.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

The Dutch-language @uitgeverijbalans.bsky.social book co-authored by former #SaulKagan Fellow @aaltje1978.bsky.social "Ik weet me geen raad" ("I don't know what to do." Letters of Desperation from Jewish Refugees, 1938-1939) was featured in The New York Times. Read on www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/a...

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They Asked for Help to Escape the Nazis. Their Pleas Went Unanswered.

A new book focuses on the desperate letters written by many Jews seeking refuge in the Netherlands but who were denied entry after it closed its border in 1938.

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Joanna Sliwa @joannasliwa24.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

On March 24, the @simonandschuster.bsky.social #CounterfeitCountess story is coming to @rowanuniversity.bsky.social. I will give the Dr. Paul B. Winkler Lecture, in honor of the late exec dir of the NJ Commission on #HolocaustEducation.

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Dr Anna Hájková @ankahajkova.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

On Sunday, I went to the Jewish cemetery in Lübeck Moisling to see the grave of Therese Teichner. She died in July 1945, only 17 years old. Three months earlier, she was liberated in Bergen Belsen. Teichner's story is a powerful reminder of the forgotten Holocaust victims, in a multitude of ways.

Therese Teichner's simple grave with a star of david on the top of the tombstone, and a metal plaque in front.

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Claims Conference @claims-conference.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Holocaust survivor Sonia Klein, the oldest of Itzack and Jospa Joskowicz’s three children, was born in Warsaw on June 16, 1925. When WW2 broke out, their family home was destroyed and they moved in with relatives until the Warsaw ghetto was established in 1940. As rumors of youtu.be/Jq4gWyn0sNY

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"Things like this, if you live 1,000 years, you cannot forget" - Holocaust survivor Sonia Klein

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The Wiener Holocaust Library @wienerlibrary.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

📣 Launching at the Library next month The traces remaining of the POW and Nazi concentration camp at Bergen-Belsen are faint: the SS destroyed records before liberation and the barracks were burnt down by British forces post war to eradicate disease. The site became a mass grave for its victims...

A graphic to advertise the Traces of Belsen exhibition. It features orange and yellow gradient to represent the burning of the camp by British troops, barbed wire, and the title of the exhibition balancing on the barbed wire

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Claims Conference @claims-conference.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Claims Conference #SaulKagan Fellows are shaping #HolocaustStudies and #HolocaustEducation around the world. In France, Dr. Marie Moutier-Bitan is a Chair d'Excellence in Holocaust and Genocide Studies at the University of Caen. Read on about her role @lepoint.fr www.lepoint.fr/histoire/la-...

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La France dispose enfin d’une chaire d’histoire de la Shoah

Marie Moutier-Bitan, une jeune historienne spécialiste des massacres nazis en URSS, a obtenu cette chaire établie à l’université de Caen.

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