“My husband’s relatives sought advice and help from the family of Father Oleksiy Hlaholyev1 … Father Oleksiy went to intercede for me with Professor Ogloblin, who was the mayor at the time. Ogloblin knew our family. Eventually, he approached the German commandant about the matter. The commandant informed him that the issue of the Jews Read More
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Mapping the German and Austrian population in Great Britain at the outbreak of the Second World War
When war was declared between Germany and the United Kingdom, September 3, 1939, all Germans and Austrians living in the UK were automatically classified as ‘enemy aliens’.1 For the first time in the historiography of this subject, this article maps where Germans and Austrians over the age of 16 were resident in the United Kingdom Read More
Auditory Experiences in the Warsaw Ghetto
This article analyses the auditory experiences of the Warsaw Ghetto inhabitants to understand what they reveal about life within the ghetto. Grounded in a vast array of personal testimonies, this research provides a more nuanced understanding of the ghetto auditory daily realities. The focus on the Warsaw Ghetto presents an opportunity to examine how its Read More
“I Loved Him as a Father”: The Silences of Hiding-Related Sexual Violence
Clara Vromen was born on September 27, 1931, in the Dutch city of Enschede to Jewish parents Abraham Vromen (b. unknown) and Minnie van Dam (b. 1907). Her father was a businessman and a member of the Zionist youth movement, who organized the hachsharot, the Palestine pioneering training programs, for German Jewish refugees in the Read More
