SettingsHistorians of the Holocaust
Abel Herzberg
Abel J Herzberg (17 September 1893, Amsterdam – 19 May 1989, Amsterdam) was a Dutch Jewish lawyer, writer and poet.
Abel J Herzberg (17 September 1893, Amsterdam – 19 May 1989, Amsterdam) was a Dutch Jewish lawyer, writer and poet.
Andrew Ezergailis
Andrew Ezergailis is a retired Professor of History, Ithaca College, Ithaca, New York, USA, known for his research into the 20th-century history of Latvia, particularly of the 1917 Revolution an...
Andrew Ezergailis is a retired Professor of History, Ithaca College, Ithaca, New York, USA, known for his research into the 20th-century history of Latvia, particularly of the 1917 Revolution an...
Antony Polonsky
Antony Polonsky is Albert Abramson Professor of Holocaust Studies at Brandeis University.
Antony Polonsky is Albert Abramson Professor of Holocaust Studies at Brandeis University.
Arno J. Mayer
Arno Joseph Mayer is a Luxembourg-born American Marxist historian who specializes in modern Europe, diplomatic history, and the Holocaust, and is currently Dayton-Stockton Professor of History, ...
Arno Joseph Mayer is a Luxembourg-born American Marxist historian who specializes in modern Europe, diplomatic history, and the Holocaust, and is currently Dayton-Stockton Professor of History, ...
Arthur D. Morse
Arthur D. Morse (b. 12/27/20, d.6/01/71)was a World War II historian, best known for his book While Six Million Died: A Chronicle of American Apathy (Random House, 1968).
Arthur D. Morse (b. 12/27/20, d.6/01/71)was a World War II historian, best known for his book While Six Million Died: A Chronicle of American Apathy (Random House, 1968).
Barbara Stern Burstin
Barbara Stern Burstin is a professor in the History Department at the University of Pittsburgh.
Barbara Stern Burstin is a professor in the History Department at the University of Pittsburgh.
Christopher Browning
Christopher Robert Browning is an American historian of the Holocaust.
Christopher Robert Browning is an American historian of the Holocaust.
Daniel Goldhagen
Daniel Jonah Goldhagen is an American author and former Associate Professor of Political Science and Social Studies at Harvard University.
Daniel Jonah Goldhagen is an American author and former Associate Professor of Political Science and Social Studies at Harvard University.
David Cesarani
David Cesarani OBE is an English historian who specialises in Jewish history, especially the Holocaust.
David Cesarani OBE is an English historian who specialises in Jewish history, especially the Holocaust.
David Kranzler
Professor David Kranzler was a researcher and historian specializing in those who rescued Jews during the Holocaust.
Professor David Kranzler was a researcher and historian specializing in those who rescued Jews during the Holocaust.
David P. Gushee
Dr. David P. Gushee is an historian, ethicist, public intellectual, and professor dealing primarily with ethical issues and Christian thought.
Dr. David P. Gushee is an historian, ethicist, public intellectual, and professor dealing primarily with ethical issues and Christian thought.
David Wyman
David S. Wyman (born 1929, Weymouth, Massachusetts) is the author of several books on the responses of the United States to Nazi Germany's persecution of and programs to exterminate Jews.
David S. Wyman (born 1929, Weymouth, Massachusetts) is the author of several books on the responses of the United States to Nazi Germany's persecution of and programs to exterminate Jews.
Deborah Lipstadt
Deborah Esther Lipstadt, Ph.D. is an American historian and author of the book Denying the Holocaust and The Eichmann Trial.
Deborah Esther Lipstadt, Ph.D. is an American historian and author of the book Denying the Holocaust and The Eichmann Trial.
Debórah Dwork
Debórah Dwork, B.A., M.P.H., Ph.D., is an American historian.
Debórah Dwork, B.A., M.P.H., Ph.D., is an American historian.
Donald Bloxham
Donald Bloxham is a Professor of Modern History, specializing in genocide, war crimes and other mass atrocities studies.
Donald Bloxham is a Professor of Modern History, specializing in genocide, war crimes and other mass atrocities studies.
Douglas F. Tobler
Douglas F. Tobler (born 1936) is an emeritus professor of German and Holocaust history at Brigham Young University (BYU).
Douglas F. Tobler (born 1936) is an emeritus professor of German and Holocaust history at Brigham Young University (BYU).
Dovid Katz
Dovid Katz is an American-born, Vilnius-based Yiddish studies scholar and human rights activist, currently living in Lithuania.
Dovid Katz is an American-born, Vilnius-based Yiddish studies scholar and human rights activist, currently living in Lithuania.
Emil Fackenheim
Emil Ludwig Fackenheim, Ph.D. was a noted Jewish philosopher and Reform rabbi.
Emil Ludwig Fackenheim, Ph.D. was a noted Jewish philosopher and Reform rabbi.
Enzo Traverso
Enzo Traverso (born 14 October 1957 in Gavi, Piedmont region, Italy) is an Italian historian who has been living and working in France for over 20 years and has written on issues relating to the...
Enzo Traverso (born 14 October 1957 in Gavi, Piedmont region, Italy) is an Italian historian who has been living and working in France for over 20 years and has written on issues relating to the...
Franciszek Piper
Franciszek Piper (born 1941) is a Polish scholar, historian and author.
Franciszek Piper (born 1941) is a Polish scholar, historian and author.
Franklin Littel
Franklin Hamlin Littell (June 20, 1917 – May 23, 2009) was an American Protestant scholar.
Franklin Hamlin Littell (June 20, 1917 – May 23, 2009) was an American Protestant scholar.
Gabriel Wilensky
Gabriel Wilensky (born April 23, 1964) is an American author, software developer and entrepreneur.
Gabriel Wilensky (born April 23, 1964) is an American author, software developer and entrepreneur.
Gavriel David Rosenfeld
Gavriel D. Rosenfeld is Associate Professor of History at Fairfield University.
Gavriel D. Rosenfeld is Associate Professor of History at Fairfield University.
Gerald Steinacher
Gerald Steinacher (Dr. phil.), Austrian historian; born 1970; Academic and historian at the Bolzano State Archives (Suedtiroler Landesarchiv) in Italy and lecturer on contemporary history at the...
Gerald Steinacher (Dr. phil.), Austrian historian; born 1970; Academic and historian at the Bolzano State Archives (Suedtiroler Landesarchiv) in Italy and lecturer on contemporary history at the...
Gideon Greif
Gideon Greif (born 1951 in Tel Aviv) is an Israeli historian.
Gideon Greif (born 1951 in Tel Aviv) is an Israeli historian.
Gunnar S. Paulsson
Gunnar Svante (Steve) Paulsson is a Swedish-born Canadian historian who has taught in Britain and Canada.
Gunnar Svante (Steve) Paulsson is a Swedish-born Canadian historian who has taught in Britain and Canada.
Götz Aly
Götz Aly is a German journalist, historian and social scientist.
Götz Aly is a German journalist, historian and social scientist.
Hanna Yablonka
Hanna Yablonka (חנה יבלונקה, born Tel Aviv, 1950) is an Israeli historian and scholar of the Holocaust.
Hanna Yablonka (חנה יבלונקה, born Tel Aviv, 1950) is an Israeli historian and scholar of the Holocaust.
Henry Friedlander
Henry Friedlander (born 1930) is a Jewish historian of the Holocaust noted for his arguments in favor of broadening the scope of casualties of the Holocaust.
Henry Friedlander (born 1930) is a Jewish historian of the Holocaust noted for his arguments in favor of broadening the scope of casualties of the Holocaust.
Ingo Zechner
Ingo Zechner (born December 24, 1972 in Klagenfurt, Austria) is a philosopher and historian, since 2009 Business Manager of the Vienna Wiesenthal Institute for Holocaust Studies (VWI).
Ingo Zechner (born December 24, 1972 in Klagenfurt, Austria) is a philosopher and historian, since 2009 Business Manager of the Vienna Wiesenthal Institute for Holocaust Studies (VWI).
Inta Ezergailis
Inta Ezergailis (born 11 September 1932 in Riga, Latvia — died 1 January 2005, in Ithaca, NY), was a Latvian American professor emerita of German Literature at Cornell University from 1969—99, s...
Inta Ezergailis (born 11 September 1932 in Riga, Latvia — died 1 January 2005, in Ithaca, NY), was a Latvian American professor emerita of German Literature at Cornell University from 1969—99, s...
Israel Gutman
Israel Gutman is a Polish-born Israeli historian of the Holocaust.
Israel Gutman is a Polish-born Israeli historian of the Holocaust.
Ivo Banac
Ivo Banac (born March 1, 1947) is a Croatian historian, a long-time history professor at the Yale University and a liberal politician of the former Croatian Liberal Party.
Ivo Banac (born March 1, 1947) is a Croatian historian, a long-time history professor at the Yale University and a liberal politician of the former Croatian Liberal Party.
Ivo Goldstein
Dr. Ivo Goldstein (born in Zagreb, 16 March 1958) is a Croatian historian.
Dr. Ivo Goldstein (born in Zagreb, 16 March 1958) is a Croatian historian.
Jacob Katz
Jacob Katz (Hebrew: יעקב כ"ץ) (born 15 November 1904 in Magyargencs, Hungary, died 20 May 1998 in Israel) was a Jewish historian and educator.
Jacob Katz (Hebrew: יעקב כ"ץ) (born 15 November 1904 in Magyargencs, Hungary, died 20 May 1998 in Israel) was a Jewish historian and educator.
Jacques Presser
Jacques Presser was a Dutch historian, writer and poet best known for his book Ashes in the wind on the history of the persecution of the Jews in the Netherlands during World War II. Yet he ...
Jacques Presser was a Dutch historian, writer and poet best known for his book Ashes in the wind on the history of the persecution of the Jews in the Netherlands during World War II. Yet he ...
Jean-Claude Pressac
Jean-Claude Pressac (1944 - July 23, 2003) was a French chemist and pharmacist who later became a published authority on the Holocaust of World War II.
Jean-Claude Pressac (1944 - July 23, 2003) was a French chemist and pharmacist who later became a published authority on the Holocaust of World War II.
Kenneth S. Stern
Kenneth S. Stern is a defense attorney and an author.
Kenneth S. Stern is a defense attorney and an author.
Kenneth Waltzer
Kenneth Alan "Kenny" Waltzer (born December 23, 1942) in New York
Is an American historian and professor and the current director of the Jewish Studies Program at Michigan State University (MSU).
Kenneth Alan "Kenny" Waltzer (born December 23, 1942) in New York
Is an American historian and professor and the current director of the Jewish Studies Program at Michigan State University (MSU).
Klas-Göran Karlsson
Klas-Göran Karlsson is a Professor of History at Lund University.
Klas-Göran Karlsson is a Professor of History at Lund University.
Klaus Hildebrand
Klaus Hildebrand (born November 18, 1941, Bielefeld, Germany) is a German conservative historian whose area of expertise is 19th-20th century German political and military history.
Klaus Hildebrand (born November 18, 1941, Bielefeld, Germany) is a German conservative historian whose area of expertise is 19th-20th century German political and military history.
Lucy Dawidowicz
Lucy Schildkret Dawidowicz was an American historian and an author of books on modern Jewish history, in particular books on the Holocaust.
Lucy Schildkret Dawidowicz was an American historian and an author of books on modern Jewish history, in particular books on the Holocaust.
Léon Poliakov
Léon Poliakov was a historian who wrote extensively on the Holocaust and anti-Semitism.
Léon Poliakov was a historian who wrote extensively on the Holocaust and anti-Semitism.
Mark Roseman
Mark Roseman (born 1958) is an English historian of modern Europe with particular interest in The Holocaust.
Mark Roseman (born 1958) is an English historian of modern Europe with particular interest in The Holocaust.
Martin Broszat
Martin Broszat was a German historian specializing in modern German social history whose work has been described by The Encyclopedia of Historians as indispensable for any serious study of t...
Martin Broszat was a German historian specializing in modern German social history whose work has been described by The Encyclopedia of Historians as indispensable for any serious study of t...
Martin Gilbert
Sir Martin John Gilbert, CBE, PC is a British historian and honorary Fellow of Merton College, University of Oxford.
Sir Martin John Gilbert, CBE, PC is a British historian and honorary Fellow of Merton College, University of Oxford.
Michael Berenbaum
Michael Berenbaum (born 1945) is an American scholar, professor, rabbi, writer, and film-maker, who specializes in the study of the memorialization of the Holocaust.
Michael Berenbaum (born 1945) is an American scholar, professor, rabbi, writer, and film-maker, who specializes in the study of the memorialization of the Holocaust.
Michael F. Feldkamp
Michael F. Feldkamp, is a German historian and journalist.
Michael F. Feldkamp, is a German historian and journalist.
Michael Marrus
Michael Robert Marrus (born February 3, 1941) is a Canadian historian of France, the Holocaust and Jewish history.
Michael Robert Marrus (born February 3, 1941) is a Canadian historian of France, the Holocaust and Jewish history.
Nechama Tec
Nechama Tec (née Bawnik) is a Professor Emerita of Sociology at the University of Connecticut.
Nechama Tec (née Bawnik) is a Professor Emerita of Sociology at the University of Connecticut.
Nora Levin
Nora Levin (1916 - October 26, 1989) was a historian of the Holocaust and a writer.
Nora Levin (1916 - October 26, 1989) was a historian of the Holocaust and a writer.
Peter Longerich
Peter Longerich is a German professor of history.
Peter Longerich is a German professor of history.
Peter Novick
Peter Novick was an American historian, best known for writing That Noble Dream: The "Objectivity Question" and the American Historical Profession and The Holocaust in American Life.
Peter Novick was an American historian, best known for writing That Noble Dream: The "Objectivity Question" and the American Historical Profession and The Holocaust in American Life.
Pierre Vidal-Naquet
Pierre Emmanuel Vidal-Naquet (July 23, 1930 – July 29, 2006) was a French historian who began teaching at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS) in 1969.
Pierre Emmanuel Vidal-Naquet (July 23, 1930 – July 29, 2006) was a French historian who began teaching at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS) in 1969.
Rafael Medoff
Rafael Medoff is founding director of The David Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies, which is based in Washington, D.C. and focuses on issues related to America's response to the Holocaust.
Rafael Medoff is founding director of The David Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies, which is based in Washington, D.C. and focuses on issues related to America's response to the Holocaust.
Randolph L. Braham
Randolph L. Braham is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the City College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.
Randolph L. Braham is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the City College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.
Raul Hilberg
Raul Hilberg (June 2, 1926 – August 4, 2007) was an Austrian-born American political scientist and historian.
Raul Hilberg (June 2, 1926 – August 4, 2007) was an Austrian-born American political scientist and historian.
Richard I. Cohen
Richard I. (Yerachmiel) Cohen is a professor of history, presently holding the Paulette and Claude Kelman Chair in French Jewry Studies in the Department of Jewish History at the Hebrew Universi...
Richard I. (Yerachmiel) Cohen is a professor of history, presently holding the Paulette and Claude Kelman Chair in French Jewry Studies in the Department of Jewish History at the Hebrew Universi...
Richard Plant (writer)
Richard Plant (July 22, 1910 – March 3, 1998) was a German-American writer.
Richard Plant (July 22, 1910 – March 3, 1998) was a German-American writer.
Robert Ericksen
Robert Ericksen is a renowned historian of the Holocaust.
Robert Ericksen is a renowned historian of the Holocaust.
Robert Gerwarth
Robert Gerwarth is a professor of European history, with an emphasis on German history.
Robert Gerwarth is a professor of European history, with an emphasis on German history.
Robert Wolfe
Robert Wolfe is a former military Cpt.
Robert Wolfe is a former military Cpt.
Ron Rosenbaum
Ron Rosenbaum (born November 27, 1946) is an American journalist and author.
Ron Rosenbaum (born November 27, 1946) is an American journalist and author.
Samuel Totten
Samuel Totten is a genocide scholar, Professor of the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, a Member of the Council of the Institute on the Holocaust and Genocide, Jerusalem.
Samuel Totten is a genocide scholar, Professor of the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, a Member of the Council of the Institute on the Holocaust and Genocide, Jerusalem.
Saul Friedländer
Saul Friedländer (Hebrew: שאול פרידלנדר) (born Prague, October 11, 1932) is an award-winning Israeli historian and currently a professor of history at UCLA.
Saul Friedländer (Hebrew: שאול פרידלנדר) (born Prague, October 11, 1932) is an award-winning Israeli historian and currently a professor of history at UCLA.
Shamai Davidson
Shamai Davidson was an Israeli professor, psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, who spent 30 years working with Holocaust survivors, trying to understand the nature of their experience.
Shamai Davidson was an Israeli professor, psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, who spent 30 years working with Holocaust survivors, trying to understand the nature of their experience.
Simon Kitson
Simon Kitson is a British historian.
Simon Kitson is a British historian.
Slavko Goldstein
Slavko Goldstein is a Croatian Jewish historian, writer and publisher.
Slavko Goldstein is a Croatian Jewish historian, writer and publisher.
Stephen H. Norwood
Stephen H. Norwood is a professor of history at the University of Oklahoma.
Stephen H. Norwood is a professor of history at the University of Oklahoma.
Steven T. Katz
Steven T. Katz is a Jewish philosopher and scholar.
Steven T. Katz is a Jewish philosopher and scholar.
Susan Zuccotti
Dr. Susan Sessions Zuccotti is an American historian, specializing in studies of the Holocaust.
Dr. Susan Sessions Zuccotti is an American historian, specializing in studies of the Holocaust.
Terrence Des Pres
Terrence Des Pres (born 1939 Effingham, Illinois - November 16, 1987 Hamilton, New York) was an American writer, and Holocaust scholar.
Terrence Des Pres (born 1939 Effingham, Illinois - November 16, 1987 Hamilton, New York) was an American writer, and Holocaust scholar.
Thomas Lutz
Thomas Lutz (* 1957 in Darmstadt) is the head of the Memorial Museums Department of the Topography of Terror Foundation in Berlin, and active in Holocaust education and commemoration at the nati...
Thomas Lutz (* 1957 in Darmstadt) is the head of the Memorial Museums Department of the Topography of Terror Foundation in Berlin, and active in Holocaust education and commemoration at the nati...
Tuvia Friling
Tuvia Friling (born 7 May 1953) is a senior researcher at the Ben Gurion Research Institute and teaches at the Israel Studies Program and the Jewish history Department at the Ben Gurion Universi...
Tuvia Friling (born 7 May 1953) is a senior researcher at the Ben Gurion Research Institute and teaches at the Israel Studies Program and the Jewish history Department at the Ben Gurion Universi...
Vladimir Tismăneanu
Vladimir Tismăneanu (; born July 4, 1951) is a Romanian and American political scientist, political analyst, sociologist, and professor at the University of Maryland, College Park.
Vladimir Tismăneanu (; born July 4, 1951) is a Romanian and American political scientist, political analyst, sociologist, and professor at the University of Maryland, College Park.
Yaacov Lozowick
Yaacov Lozowick (יעקב לוזוביק (1957), is an Israeli historian and writer.
Yaacov Lozowick (יעקב לוזוביק (1957), is an Israeli historian and writer.
Yehuda Bauer
Yehuda Bauer (Hebrew: יהודה באואר) (born 1926) is a historian and scholar of the Holocaust.
Yehuda Bauer (Hebrew: יהודה באואר) (born 1926) is a historian and scholar of the Holocaust.
Yitzhak Arad
Yitzhak Arad (יצחק ארד) (né Itzhak Rudnicki) (born November 11, 1926), is an Israeli historian, retired IDF brigadier general and a former Soviet partisan who has served as director of Yad...
Yitzhak Arad (יצחק ארד) (né Itzhak Rudnicki) (born November 11, 1926), is an Israeli historian, retired IDF brigadier general and a former Soviet partisan who has served as director of Yad...