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Susanne Urban International Tracing Service/ Head of Historical Research and Education |
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Web Page: | https://www.its-arolsen.org |
List Affiliations: | Reviewer for H-Judaic |
Reviews: | They Spoke, Wrote, and Collected: Early Testimonies and Jewish Holocaust Documentation |
Interests: | Holocaust, Genocide, and Memory Studies Jewish History / Studies Oral History |
Bio: Dr. Susanne Urban (b. 1968). Ph.D. in 2000 on “Central-Verein and its strategies regarding Jewish self-defence against Antisemitism between 1893 and 1938” at Moses-Mendelssohn-Centre/ University Potsdam. Since May 2009 she is Head of the Dept. for Historical Research and Education in the ITS. Before this she was employed e.g. at the Jewish Museum Frankfurt in the Exhibitions’ and Educational Department (1990-2009) and was on the Editorial board of the Journal TRIBÜNE (1994-2004). In 2004 she was Fellow Researcher at Yad Vashem’s Research Institute and afterwards up to 2009 employed in the Yad Vashem Educational Department. Her recent research focuses on Displaced Persons as well as on Children as survivors of Nazi Persecution. She has published e.g. on topics such as the Bricha, Youth Aliyah, Survivors and Anti-Semitism and also writes educational teaching units for various age groups. |