The LBI London, in cooperation with LBI New York and with the Institute of Contemporary History, Czech Academy of Sciences, is holding a workshop at the Center for Jewish History, New York, 24 August 2017.
1.00-2.45: First Session (Chair: David Rechter, University of Oxford)
Andrea Sinn, Elon University
Redefining Home: Jews and the Politics of Rebuilding Post-War Germany
Margarete Feinstein, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles
Ohne Heimat: German Jews as Displaced Persons in Post-War Germany
Kateřina Čapková, Institute of Contemporary History, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague
On the Margins of Communities. German-speaking Christian-Jewish Couples in Post-War Czechoslovakia
2.45-3.15 – Coffee Break
3.15-5.00: Second Session ( Chair: Kateřina Čapková, Institute of Contemporary History, Prague)
Katharina Friedla, Yad Vashem, Jerusalem
Experiences of Stigmatization, Discrimination and Exclusion – German-Jewish Survivors in Wrocław and Lower Silesia, 1945–1946
Natalia Aleksiun, Touro College
The Galician Paradigm? Postwar Experiences of German-Speaking Polish Jewish Survivors
Gaelle Fisher, University of Augsburg, Germany
Between Liberation and Emigration: Bukovina Jews in Post-War Romania
5.15-6.00: Concluding discussion
Commentator: Atina Grossmann, The Cooper Union
Organisers:
Kateřina Čapková, Institute of Contemporary History, Czech Academy of Sciences
David Rechter, University of Oxford
Natalia Aleksiun, Touro College, Graduate School of Jewish Studies, New York
For more information, please visit the LBI New York website or refer to our leaflet here.