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Ruth Gay Seminar in Jewish Studies Admission: Free RSVP Required: fmoh...@yivo.cjh.org or 212-294-6143 Date: Monday Dec 21, 2015 3:00pm Speaker: Joshua Zimmerman, Yeshiva University Topic: The Polish Underground and the Jews, 1939–1945 Place: Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street, NYC Read more at: https://www.yivo.org/The-Polish-Underground-and-the-Jews In this lecture, Joshua Zimmerman (Yeshiva University) confronts one of the central sources of contention in Polish-Jewish history: the Polish Underground’s treatment of Jews during WWII. Drawing on archival documents, testimonies, and memoirs Zimmerman’s new book The Polish Underground and the Jews, 1939–1945 (Cambridge, 2015), argues that the Polish Underground’s reaction to the Holocaust in fact varied greatly, ranging from aggressive aid to murder. Analyzing the military, civilian, and political wings of the Polish Underground and offering portraits of the organization's main leaders, this book is the first full-length scholarly monograph in any language to provide a thorough examination of the subject. ________________________________ Joshua D. Zimmerman is Professor of History and the Eli and Diana Zborowski Professorial Chair in Holocaust Studies and East European Jewish History at Yeshiva University. He is the author of Poles, Jews and the Politics of Nationality: The Bund and the Polish Socialist Party in Late Tsarist Russia (University of Wisconsin), a book based heavily on materials from YIVO’s Bund Archives, and the editor of two contributed volumes: Contested Memories: Poles and Jews during the Holocaust and its Aftermath (Rutgers University Press) and Jews in Italy under Fascist and Nazi Rule, 1922–1945 (Cambridge University Press). His recent publications include a chapter in Warsaw: the Jewish Metropolis: Essays in Honor of the 75th Birthday of Professor Antony Polonsky (Brill). The Ruth Gay Seminar in Jewish Studies was established in 2008 thanks to a generous gift to the YIVO Institute by the family of Ruth Gay (1922-2006) in honor of the noted American Jewish historian and scholar. This series is given by scholars who have used the YIVO collections and who wish to share their research with the public. ________________________________ __ Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) ================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: galro...@osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html Earlier Listserver: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org -- Hasafran mailing list Hasafran@lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
