Jewish Childhood in Kraków: A Microhistory of the Holocaust (Part Three)
New Holocaust Research from Poland: Groundbreaking Perspectives (Series)
Since the creation of the Polish Center for Holocaust Research in Warsaw almost 20 years ago, the scholarship of Barbara Engelking, Jan Grabowski, Alina Skibińska, and others has revolutionized our knowledge of Polish-Jewish relations during and after the Holocaust. Standing on their shoulders, a new generation of Polish scholars has emerged despite the challenging political climate of recent years. Three of them - Łukasz Krzyżanowski, Katarzyna Person, and Joanna Śliwa - will be our guests, for a series of conversations.
Jewish Childhood in Kraków: A Microhistory of the Holocaust (Part Three)
Joanna Śliwa (Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany)
What do Jewish children's recollections convey about the Holocaust in Kraków, Poland? Kraków had the fourth largest Jewish population in prewar Poland, was the capital of German-occupied Poland, and is a thriving center of Jewish life today. In focusing on Jewish daily life and Polish-Jewish relations through the lens of Jewish children's experiences, this talk expands beyond the story of Oskar Schindler and the over 1,000 Jews whom he saved from Kraków.