From February to May 2018, the exhibition ‘Fate Unknown: The Search for the Missing After the Holocaust’ was displayed at London’s Wiener Holocaust Library. The exhibition was co-curated with Professor Dan Stone (Royal Holloway, University of London) and explored the history of the International Tracing Service (ITS). Since then, ‘Fate Unknown’ has been developed into … Continue reading Searching for the Missing: ‘Fate Unknown’ and the International Tracing Service Archive
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Exhibition Review: Toronto Holocaust Museum
Dr. Isabelle Mutton Isabelle Mutton (former BIAHS postgraduate representative) completed her PhD at the University of Exeter in 2022. Her thesis examined the Canadian National Holocaust Monument (Ottawa) and the proposed UK Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre (London) with regard to ideas of sacred space. She has also recently completed an AHRC postdoctoral fellowship at … Continue reading Exhibition Review: Toronto Holocaust Museum
Poetry as Memorial: Poetic Markers in Ruth Klüger’s “Weiter leben: Eine Jugend”
Rosie Shackleton, she/her - I am a Bradfordian living and working in Scotland and have recently graduated with a MA joint honours in German and history from the University of Edinburgh. During my degree I specialised in memory history, especially the work of Robert Tischler, and the memorialisation of the Holocaust in Europe. I am currently … Continue reading Poetry as Memorial: Poetic Markers in Ruth Klüger’s “Weiter leben: Eine Jugend”
The Jewish Police in the Warsaw Ghetto: Between Duress and Violence
Dr. Daniela Ozacky Stern Katarzyna Person, Warsaw Ghetto Police: The Jewish Order Service During the Nazi Occupation (Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 2021), 232 pages. An early testimony in the Yad Vashem Archives tells of a Jewish policeman from the Białystok Ghetto, who performed his duty to the best of his abilities, as long as … Continue reading The Jewish Police in the Warsaw Ghetto: Between Duress and Violence
Viewing Human-Made Catastrophes Together: Discussing the Holocaust and the Climate Crisis Against the Backdrop of COP26
Dr David Tollerton (University of Exeter) Dr David Tollerton is Senior Lecturer in Jewish Studies and Contemporary Religion at the University of Exeter. His most recent book is Holocaust Memory and Britain’s Religious-Secular Landscape published with Routledge in 2020. During 2019-20 he was awarded a Leverhulme Trust Fellowship for his work on Holocaust memory in Britain, and … Continue reading Viewing Human-Made Catastrophes Together: Discussing the Holocaust and the Climate Crisis Against the Backdrop of COP26
James Bulgin IWM Holocaust Galleries Talk
Thursday 18th November 6:00 – 7:00pm For the second event in our series, we are excited to announce that BAHS Postgraduate Representatives Barnabas Balint (University of Oxford) and Charlie Knight (University of Southampton) will be joined by James Bulgin (RHUL), Head of Content for the IWM Holocaust and Second World War Galleries, to discuss the … Continue reading James Bulgin IWM Holocaust Galleries Talk
Dr. Alex Kay Book Talk
Thursday 28th October 6:00 – 7:00pm BAHS Postgraduate Representatives Barnabas Balint (University of Oxford) and Charlie Knight (University of Southampton) will be joined by Dr Alex Kay to discuss his new book Empire of Destruction: A History of Nazi Mass Killing. This book as been described as the first comparative, comprehensive history of Nazi mass killing … Continue reading Dr. Alex Kay Book Talk
Review: Imperial War Museum’s New Holocaust Galleries
Charlie Knight, Hannah Wilson and Natali Beige Charlie Knight is a PhD candidate at the Parkes Institute, University of Southampton, funded by the Wolfson Foundation, his research focuses on German Jewish Refugees in Britain and their connections to families left behind. He previously completed his MA at the University of Exeter and is now one … Continue reading Review: Imperial War Museum’s New Holocaust Galleries
A Silent Battle: Spiritual Resistance During the Holocaust
By Elisheva Joshua Elisheva Joshua is a current law student at BPP Law School who also holds a BA in English from King’s College London. Elisheva writes widely on topics relating to untold narratives during the Holocaust, Holocaust denial, the Holocaust as evil and literature and anti-Semitism. The millions of Jews killed by the Nazis … Continue reading A Silent Battle: Spiritual Resistance During the Holocaust
Educating People to Speak Up Against Anti-Semitism and Hate: Theatre Performance of ‘Thin Edge of the Wedge’
By Phyllis Zimbler Miller Phyllis Zimbler Miller is a screenwriter, playwright and published author in Los Angeles whose free nonfiction theater project www.ThinEdgeOfTheWedge.com has been developed to combat anti-Semitism and hate while encouraging critical thinking. She is also the co-author of the Jewish holiday book SEASONS FOR CELEBRATION. Definition of "thin edge of the wedge": A minor … Continue reading Educating People to Speak Up Against Anti-Semitism and Hate: Theatre Performance of ‘Thin Edge of the Wedge’
The British and Irish Association for Holocaust Studies 