Joanna Sliwa's guest appearances

Joanna Sliwa

New Books in Jewish Studies

New Books in Genocide Studies

New Books in History

New Books in Eastern European Studies

New Books in German Studies

New Books Network

Warfare of Art & Law Podcast

New Books in Polish Studies

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To learn more, please visit the website for Ms. Sliwa.Show Notes:2:45 inspiration for her career as a historian of the Holocaust and Polish Jewish history4:30 American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC)6:50 Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (the Claims Conference)8:00 Claims Conference’s work on behalf of elderly survivors10:00 current issues blocking claims that she’s encountered and how they differ between countries12:00 history of the plunder and anti-restitution approach/laws in Poland16:00 definition of who is a survivor for restitution purposes, e.g., exclusion of Jews who were in hiding during WWII from receiving pensions17:45 lack of understanding and education about the gravity of the theft and restitution issues from WWII19:00 claims like Menachem Kaiser 20:20 attitudes and behaviors towards Holocaust survivors and why claims are still ongoing23:00 heirless property24:00 JUST Act report’s findings on Poland about archives 26:00 It Is Still Night authors Historian Jan Grabowski and Professor Barbara Engelking30:00 pursuit of the ‘Politics of Memory’ by the current government in Poland, Law and Justice as a distortion of Holocaust history35:00 example of how Holocaust history is distorted: Poland’s commemoration of a Polish railway worker who is said to have given water to Jews in boxcars en route to Treblinka versus acknowledging Poles who robbed Jews in boxcars in exchange for water41:00 Jewish Childhood in Kraków: A Microhistory of the Holocaust43:45 historical drama film Schindler’s List45:45 Children With a Star: Jewish Youth in Nazi Europe by Deborah Dwork47:00 Counterfeit Countess: The Jewish Mathematician Who Rescued Poles during the Holocaust co-authored with Dr. Elizabeth (Barry) White, expert on Majdanek Concentration Camp52:00 genealogy methods supplemented research for Counterfeit Countess56:15 The Beginning of the Holocaust in Poland 1939-1941? Other upcoming projects?59:15 how Dr. Sliwa defines justice and how she sees her work facilitating justice 1:30:00 Dr. Sliwa’s hope for her legacy: to educate and inspire future scholars of all genocideTo view rewards for supporting the podcast, please visit Warfare's Patreon page.To leave questions or comments about this or other episodes of the podcast, please call 1.929.260.4942 or email Stephanie@warfareofartandlaw.com. © Stephanie Drawdy [2022]

To learn more, please visit <a href="http://www.joannasliwa.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">the website for Ms. Sliwa</a>. Show Notes:2:45 inspiration for her career as a historian of the Holocaust and Polish Jewish history4:30 American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC)6:50 Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (the Claims Conference)8:00 Claims Conference’s work on behalf of elderly survivors10:00 current issues blocking claims that she’s encountered and how they differ between countries12:00 history of the plunder and anti-restitution approach/laws in Poland16:00 definition of who is a survivor for restitution purposes, e.g., exclusion of Jews who were in hiding during WWII from receiving pensions17:45 lack of understanding and education about the gravity of the theft and restitution issues from WWII19:00 claims like Menachem Kaiser 20:20 attitudes and behaviors towards Holocaust survivors and why claims are still ongoing23:00 heirless property24:00 JUST Act report’s findings on Poland about archives 26:00 It Is Still Night authors Historian Jan Grabowski and Professor Barbara Engelking30:00 pursuit of the ‘Politics of Memory’ by the current government in Poland, Law and Justice as a distortion of Holocaust history35:00 example of how Holocaust history is distorted: Poland’s commemoration of a Polish railway worker who is said to have given water to Jews in boxcars en route to Treblinka versus acknowledging Poles who robbed Jews in boxcars in exchange for water41:00 <a href="https://www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/jewish-childhood-in-krakow/9781978822931" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jewish Childhood in Kraków: A Microhistory of the Holocaust</a>43:45 historical drama film Schindler’s List45:45 Children With a Star: Jewish Youth in Nazi Europe by Deborah Dwork47:00 Counterfeit Countess: The Jewish Mathematician Who Rescued Poles during the Holocaust co-authored with Dr. Elizabeth (Barry) White, expert on Majdanek Concentration Camp52:00 genealogy methods supplemented research for Counterfeit Countess56:15 The Beginning of the Holocaust in Poland 1939-1941? Other upcoming projects?59:15 how Dr. Sliwa defines justice and how she sees her work facilitating justice 1:30:00 Dr. Sliwa’s hope for her legacy: to educate and inspire future scholars of all genocideTo view rewards for supporting the podcast, please visit <a href="https://www.patreon.com/warfareofartandlaw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Warfare's Patreon page</a>. To leave questions or comments about this or other episodes of the podcast, please call 1.929.260.4942 or email Stephanie@warfareofartandlaw.com.  © Stephanie Drawdy [2022]

Dr. Joanna Sliwa On Holocaust Distortion, Poland's ‘Politics of Memory’, Jewish Childhood in Kraków, an Undercover Jewess Who Negotiated with the Nazis, and a Legacy to Inspire Future Scholars of All Genocide

Jewish Childhood in Kraków: A Microhistory of the Holocaust (Rutgers UP, 2021) is the first book to tell the history of Kraków in the second World War through the lens of Jewish children's experiences. Here, children assume center stage as historical actors whose recollections and experiences deserve to be told, analyzed, and treated seriously.Sliwa scours archives to tell their story, gleaning evidence from the records of the German authorities, Polish neighbors, Jewish community and family, and the children themselves to explore the Holocaust in German-occupied Poland and in Kraków in particular. A microhistory of a place, a people, and daily life, this book plumbs the decisions and behaviors of ordinary people in extraordinary times.Offering a window onto human relations and ethnic tensions in times of rampant violence, Jewish Childhood in Kraków is an effort both to understand the past and to reflect on the position of young people during humanitarian crises. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/eastern-european-studies

<a href="https://bookshop.org/a/12343/9781978822931" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jewish Childhood in Kraków: A Microhistory of the Holocaust</a> (Rutgers UP, 2021) is the first book to tell the history of Kraków in the second World War through the lens of Jewish children's experiences. Here, children assume center stage as historical actors whose recollections and experiences deserve to be told, analyzed, and treated seriously.Sliwa scours archives to tell their story, gleaning evidence from the records of the German authorities, Polish neighbors, Jewish community and family, and the children themselves to explore the Holocaust in German-occupied Poland and in Kraków in particular. A microhistory of a place, a people, and daily life, this book plumbs the decisions and behaviors of ordinary people in extraordinary times.Offering a window onto human relations and ethnic tensions in times of rampant violence, Jewish Childhood in Kraków is an effort both to understand the past and to reflect on the position of young people during humanitarian crises. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>Support our show by becoming a premium member! <a href="https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/eastern-european-studies" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/eastern-european-studies</a>

Joanna Sliwa, "Jewish Childhood in Kraków: A Microhistory of the Holocaust" (Rutgers UP, 2021)

Jewish Childhood in Kraków: A Microhistory of the Holocaust (Rutgers UP, 2021) is the first book to tell the history of Kraków in the second World War through the lens of Jewish children's experiences. Here, children assume center stage as historical actors whose recollections and experiences deserve to be told, analyzed, and treated seriously.Sliwa scours archives to tell their story, gleaning evidence from the records of the German authorities, Polish neighbors, Jewish community and family, and the children themselves to explore the Holocaust in German-occupied Poland and in Kraków in particular. A microhistory of a place, a people, and daily life, this book plumbs the decisions and behaviors of ordinary people in extraordinary times.Offering a window onto human relations and ethnic tensions in times of rampant violence, Jewish Childhood in Kraków is an effort both to understand the past and to reflect on the position of young people during humanitarian crises. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

<a href="https://bookshop.org/a/12343/9781978822931" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jewish Childhood in Kraków: A Microhistory of the Holocaust</a> (Rutgers UP, 2021) is the first book to tell the history of Kraków in the second World War through the lens of Jewish children's experiences. Here, children assume center stage as historical actors whose recollections and experiences deserve to be told, analyzed, and treated seriously.Sliwa scours archives to tell their story, gleaning evidence from the records of the German authorities, Polish neighbors, Jewish community and family, and the children themselves to explore the Holocaust in German-occupied Poland and in Kraków in particular. A microhistory of a place, a people, and daily life, this book plumbs the decisions and behaviors of ordinary people in extraordinary times.Offering a window onto human relations and ethnic tensions in times of rampant violence, Jewish Childhood in Kraków is an effort both to understand the past and to reflect on the position of young people during humanitarian crises. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>