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Remembering Together: Jews, Roma, and the Complexities of Memory
What happens when two persecuted groups—both targeted for annihilation—tell their stories side by side? That’s the question at the heart of Ari Joskowicz’s powerful exploration in Rain of Ash. Speaking on Holocaust Remembrance Day as part of UC San Diego’s Holocaust Living History Workshop, Joskowicz, professor of Jewish Studies at Vanderbilt University, reflects on the…
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Double Jeopardy
Jewish History scholar Marion Kaplan was a co-editor of the landmark essay collection, “When Biology Became Destiny: Women in Weimar and Nazi Germany.” Published in 1984, this book established gender studies – heretofore neglected – as a vital component of Holocaust research, exploring the “double jeopardy” experienced in pre-war and wartime Nazi Germany by women…