Dóra Pataricza Lectures on the Joint’s Activity in Szeged in the Aftermath of the Holocaust
Dr. Dóra Pataricza, the recipient of the 2020 Ruth and David Musher/JDC Archives Fellowship, lectured on the nature of the requests that survivors returning to Szeged, Hungary, made for assistance, based on archival material of the Szeged Jewish Archives and the JDC...
Sari Siegel Lectures on Jewish Survivor-Physicians in Transition: From DP Camp Doctors to Emigrants, 1945-1950
Sari Siegel, recipient of the 2019 Bernard and Mollie Steuer / JDC Archives Fellowship, gave her public lecture, which examines Jewish DP-physicians who provided medical care to fellow survivors in DP camps and DP health facilities in post-World War II Germany. Sari...
Michal Ben Ya’akov Lectures on Images of Moroccan Jews and Perceptions of American Jews, 1942-1954
Dr. Michal Ben Ya’akov, recipient of the 2019 Fred and Ellen Lewis/JDC Archives Fellowship, gave her public lecture, which explores the attitudes of American Jews in general, and JDC leaders and workers in particular, regarding Moroccan Jews and the impact of their...
Emily Bengels Lectures on Interagency Efforts for Child Rescue and Immigration to the US: 1939-1942
Emily Bengels, recipient of the 2019 Sorrell and Lorraine Chesin/JDC Archives Fellowship, gave her public lecture, which examines child psychologist Ernst Papanek’s claim that during philanthropic organizations did not respond with enough urgency in rescuing children...