Lorena Cardona González Lectures on Jewish Refugees from Nazism in Colombia, 1945-1950
The problem of Jewish immigration in Latin America did not end with the defeat of Nazism nor with the dramatic revelation of the crimes committed by the Nazi regime. Some recent research has explored the continuity of discriminatory policies after the war and the...
Sandra Gruner-Domić Lectures on Bolivia, a Forgotten Refuge During the Holocaust: Jewish Immigration 1937-1941
Sandra Gruner-Domić, recipient of the 2021 Bernard and Mollie Steuer / JDC Archives Fellowship, gave her public lecture, which examines the immigration of Jewish refugees in Bolivia during the Holocaust, with a special emphasis on the involvement of a Jewish...
Melissa Klapper Lectures on American Jewish Women Serving the JDC Abroad During the Interwar Years
While the “JDC man” became a well-known figure in the international Jewish communal world following World War I, it was not only men who served as JDC administrators, investigators, social workers, and other professionals. A cadre of American Jewish women...
Sylvia Hershcovitz Lectures on Mela Iancu: A Holocaust Heroine in Romania
Sylvia Hershcovitz, the recipient of the 2020 Fred and Ellen Lewis/JDC Archives Fellowship, lectured on Mela Iancu, a Romanian Jewish leader, who established the Jewish Center for the Protection of Mothers and Children in 1939. With branches throughout Romania, the...