Jan Láníček Lectures on “Sardines to the Ghettos”: Relief Food Parcels for Jews in Occupied Europe during the Second World War
Jan Láníček, recipient of the 2019 Ruth and David Musher / JDC Archives Fellowship, gave his public lecture, which examines how during the Second World War, humanitarian agencies, such as the JDC, and exile governments sent tens of thousands of relief food parcels to...
Lauren Henry Lectures on The JDC and the Jews of Alsace and Algeria, 1940-1963
Lauren Henry, recipient of the 2019 Ruth and David Musher/JDC Archives Regional Fellowship, gave her public lecture, which explores how the Second World War and the Algerian War created unexpected connections between the Jewish communities of Alsace and Algeria. In...
Rachel Blumenthal Lectures on Survivors, Locals, and Welfare Agencies in the Austrian Alps
Dr. Rachel Blumenthal, recipient of the Fred and Ellen Lewis/JDC Archives Fellowship, gave her public lecture, which examines Survivors, Locals and Welfare Agencies in the Austrian Alps. Rachel Blumenthal received her Ph.D. at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in...
Michael Nutkiewicz Lectures on Eli Gumener’s Memoirs
Dr. Michael Nutkiewicz, recipient of the Fred and Ellen Lewis/JDC Archives Fellowship, gave his public lecture, which examines Elijah (Illia) Gumener’s memoir A kapitl Ukraine: tsvey yor in Podolye (A Ukrainian Chapter: Two Years in Podolia). The memoir recounts the...