Natan Meir Lectures on Town Fools, Beggars, and Other Outcasts in Eastern Europe
Natan Meir, the 2016 Ruth and David Musher / JDC Archives Fellow, gave his public lecture, “Town Fools, Beggars, and other Outcasts: Bringing the Margins to the Center in East European Jewish History.” In literature, the Jewish landscape of 19th- and early...
Michal Frankl Lectures on Jewish Refugees on the Borders of East-Central Europe, 1938
Dr. Michal Frankl, the 2016 Sorrell and Lorraine Chesin / JDC Archives Fellow, gave a public presentation entitled, “No Man’s Land: Jewish Refugees on the Borders of East-Central Europe in 1938.” Throughout that year, a new territory rapidly appeared along the borders...
Glenn Dynner Lectures on JDC Aid to Traditionalist Jews in Interwar and Nazi-Occupied Poland
Glenn Dynner, recipient of a 2016 Fred and Ellen Lewis/JDC Archives Fellowship, gave his public lecture on JDC’s generous aid to Jewish traditionalists (Orthodox and Hasidic Jews), whom some JDC leaders described as “the fountain of Judaism the world over, including...
Luca Fenoglio Lectures on Rescue Activities in Italian-Occupied Southeastern France
Luca Fenoglio, the 2016 Martin and Rhoda Safer/JDC Archives Fellow, gave his lecture, “Rescue through Collaboration: The Rescue Activities of the Comité d’Aide aux Refugiés in Italian-Occupied Southern France.” Also known as Comité Dubouchage, the...