Case Closed: Holocaust Survivors in Postwar America
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
4-18-2007
Abstract
As Holocaust survivors settled in the United States following World War II, American media reported that Jewish refugees found lives filled with opportunity and happiness in America. For most, however, it was a much more complicated story. The gap between public perception and the reality for survivors is the subject of Beth Cohen’s new book, “Case Closed: Holocaust Survivors in Postwar America.”
In “Case Closed: Holocaust Survivors in Postwar America,” Cohen provides a view through the eyes of those who lived it, challenging the conventional narrative of postwar easy acculturation and illuminating the complexity of the newcomers’ lives as “New Americans.”
Cohen received her Ph.D. in Holocaust history from Clark in 2003, in the first graduating class from this landmark program. After graduation, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies awarded her a “Life Reborn” Fellowship.
This free, public event was supported by the Asher Family Foundation and Clark's Strassler Family Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies.
Recommended Citation
University, Clark and Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, "Case Closed: Holocaust Survivors in Postwar America" (2007). Clark University Video Archive. 103.
https://commons.clarku.edu/videoarchive/103
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Beth Cohen
Strassler Family Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies