The development of “witnessing theory”1 and “ego-documents”2 studies in Western academia has stimulated publications3 and online archives4 dedicated to Soviet Jewish life and different types of Jewish identity in post-Soviet countries. In the context of the contemporary relevance of ego-documents studies, I would like to offer my personal experience of studying the Holocaust and Jewish Read More
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“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
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
