Dialogues in Holocaust Studies and the Second World War
This podcast features interviews with authors of new research, fresh monographs and recent books about the Holocaust and World War II.
Dialogues in Holocaust Studies and the Second World War
Latest Episodes
Rina Lapidus, *Young Jewish Poets Who Fell as Soviet Soldiers in the Second World War*. New York: Routledge, 2014.
This book honours the legacies of fifteen young Jewish poets whose lives were tragically cut short—whether through combat, wounds sustained in service, or execution—while fighting for the Red Army during World War II. Each of these individuals ...
Guri Schwarz, ed., *These Thoughts of Mine: Diaries of an Italian Jewish Partisan, January 1940-Feburary 1944* by Emanuele Artom. Jerusalem: Yad Vashem Publications, 2022.
Emanuele Artom (Aosta, 1915–Turin, 1944) was a deeply respected Italian Jewish intellectual and influential voice within the Italian Jewish community who endured the pain of racial persecution and courageously joined the resistance in 1943. His...
Ashley Valanzola, *When She Remembered: Seven Women Who Transformed French Holocaust Memory*. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2026.
This monograph presents a connected group of seven prominent women, ranging from notable figures such as Simone Veil to memory activist Sabine Zlatin, who have played a crucial role in shaping Holocaust memory in France from 1945 to the present...
Monica Raisa Schpun, *Aracy de Carvalho and Jewish Rescue from 1930s Germany: A Righteous Brazilian*. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, 2025.
Aracy de Carvalho (1908-2011), celebrated as 'Righteous Among the Nations', played a vital role in saving German Jews by supporting their emigration to Brazil during the late 1930s while she was at the Brazilian consulate in Hamburg. One promin...
Sharon Ring, *The Innocents: The Untold True Story of My Family in the Holocaust*. New York: HarperCollins, 2026.
This represents a crucial new addition to Holocaust history, illuminating the lesser-known story of Mischlinge—an offensive term utilized by the Nazis to designate individuals of mixed Jewish and Christian descent, who were subsequently condemn...
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