Joanna Sliwa
@joannasliwa24.bsky.social
Historian, Holocaust & Jewish history. Book author, co-author, co-editor: Jewish Childhood in Kraków | Counterfeit Countess | Older Jews and the Holocaust. Administers academic programs at a Jewish NGO. www.counterfeitcountess.com and www.joannasliwa.com
Jewish women resisters in the Warsaw Ghetto drive the history that @ehistorian.bsky.social tells in her new @harpercollins.bsky.social book. It was an honor to write a blurb for it. You will not want to put down this book. www.harpercollins.com/products/the...
October 14, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Jewish women resisters in the Warsaw Ghetto drive the history that @ehistorian.bsky.social tells in her new @harpercollins.bsky.social book. It was an honor to write a blurb for it. You will not want to put down this book. www.harpercollins.com/products/the...
Polska wersja #CounterfeitCountess w księgarniach od 14.10. Kiedy myślisz, że już wiemy tak wiele o historii II wojny światowej i Holokaustu, to #FałszywaHrabina pokaże ile jeszcze jest do odkrycia. www.rebis.com.pl/pl/book-fals...
August 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Polska wersja #CounterfeitCountess w księgarniach od 14.10. Kiedy myślisz, że już wiemy tak wiele o historii II wojny światowej i Holokaustu, to #FałszywaHrabina pokaże ile jeszcze jest do odkrycia. www.rebis.com.pl/pl/book-fals...
How does age affect people’s experiences in times of humanitarian crisis? This forthcoming book coedited by @ceschmidt.bsky.social, Betsy Anthony, and me explores the lives of #OlderJews before, during, and after the #Holocaust. wsupress.wayne.edu/9780814352052/
August 27, 2025 at 3:46 PM
How does age affect people’s experiences in times of humanitarian crisis? This forthcoming book coedited by @ceschmidt.bsky.social, Betsy Anthony, and me explores the lives of #OlderJews before, during, and after the #Holocaust. wsupress.wayne.edu/9780814352052/
A new historical and genealogical resource is available from @geshergalicia.org: transcribed and searchable name lists of Jewish orphans in Galicia after World War I who received JDC help, and of the children's parents. The records are held at YIVO. www.geshergalicia.org/projects/the...
August 8, 2025 at 2:59 PM
A new historical and genealogical resource is available from @geshergalicia.org: transcribed and searchable name lists of Jewish orphans in Galicia after World War I who received JDC help, and of the children's parents. The records are held at YIVO. www.geshergalicia.org/projects/the...
And the winner of the 2024 Rachel Feldhay Brenner Award from the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America is… @jholc.bsky.social for her @brandeispress.bsky.social book “The Weavers of Trautenau.” Ceremony at the Polish Consulate in NYC. Congratulations!
June 9, 2025 at 7:36 PM
And the winner of the 2024 Rachel Feldhay Brenner Award from the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America is… @jholc.bsky.social for her @brandeispress.bsky.social book “The Weavers of Trautenau.” Ceremony at the Polish Consulate in NYC. Congratulations!
How do the voices and experiences of older Jews expand our understanding of the Holocaust? Join us @clarkuniversity.bsky.social in person or online. Details ⤵️
April 22, 2025 at 4:44 PM
How do the voices and experiences of older Jews expand our understanding of the Holocaust? Join us @clarkuniversity.bsky.social in person or online. Details ⤵️
From now on it’s not worth obsessing if you say “thank you for your massage” instead of “thank you for your message.”
March 26, 2025 at 10:33 PM
From now on it’s not worth obsessing if you say “thank you for your massage” instead of “thank you for your message.”
On March 24, the @simonandschuster.bsky.social #CounterfeitCountess story is coming to @rowanuniversity.bsky.social. I will give the Dr. Paul B. Winkler Lecture, in honor of the late exec dir of the NJ Commission on #HolocaustEducation.
March 21, 2025 at 12:52 PM
On March 24, the @simonandschuster.bsky.social #CounterfeitCountess story is coming to @rowanuniversity.bsky.social. I will give the Dr. Paul B. Winkler Lecture, in honor of the late exec dir of the NJ Commission on #HolocaustEducation.
The #CounterfeitCountess story is coming to Kansas on Feb 20. Barry and I will speak at the Midwest Center for Holocaust Education, which selected our book for its Common Book online program. Details: mchekc.org/programs-and...
February 13, 2025 at 11:16 PM
The #CounterfeitCountess story is coming to Kansas on Feb 20. Barry and I will speak at the Midwest Center for Holocaust Education, which selected our book for its Common Book online program. Details: mchekc.org/programs-and...
Ongoing #Holocaust scholarship contextualizes archival material and stories behind personal objects. When visiting museums, I think about the important research that informs exhibits. At the Montréal Holocaust Museum, a case made me think about @ankahajkova.bsky.social book on Theresienstadt.
January 28, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Ongoing #Holocaust scholarship contextualizes archival material and stories behind personal objects. When visiting museums, I think about the important research that informs exhibits. At the Montréal Holocaust Museum, a case made me think about @ankahajkova.bsky.social book on Theresienstadt.
It took 55 years for Janina Mehlberg's astonishing #Holocaust story to be known. For #InternationalHolocaustRemembranceDay the Jewish Broadcasting Service will stream a talk that Barry and I gave @simonandschuster.bsky.social #CounterfeitCountess at the Holocaust Resource Center of Kean University.
January 26, 2025 at 12:07 AM
It took 55 years for Janina Mehlberg's astonishing #Holocaust story to be known. For #InternationalHolocaustRemembranceDay the Jewish Broadcasting Service will stream a talk that Barry and I gave @simonandschuster.bsky.social #CounterfeitCountess at the Holocaust Resource Center of Kean University.
Do you prefer paperback over hardcover books? @simonandschuster.bsky.social #CounterfeitCountess is now available in both versions. The paperback was released today. www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Co...
January 21, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Do you prefer paperback over hardcover books? @simonandschuster.bsky.social #CounterfeitCountess is now available in both versions. The paperback was released today. www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Co...
The British edition of #CounterfeitCountess is now in paperback. From @blinkbooks.bsky.social.
January 20, 2025 at 5:45 PM
The British edition of #CounterfeitCountess is now in paperback. From @blinkbooks.bsky.social.
A powerful exhibit at the UN Headquarters turns attention to gender-based violence. It tells about this global issue and zooms in on survivors’ stories through art.
January 18, 2025 at 2:32 AM
A powerful exhibit at the UN Headquarters turns attention to gender-based violence. It tells about this global issue and zooms in on survivors’ stories through art.
Concert-goers: Polish-based post-punk band #TrupaTrupa is coming to the US! My colleague is a lead singer. He's a brilliant poet, activist for #Holocaust memory in Gdańsk, and a fantastic person. The group was even featured in the @rollingstone.com.web.brid.gy www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
January 14, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Concert-goers: Polish-based post-punk band #TrupaTrupa is coming to the US! My colleague is a lead singer. He's a brilliant poet, activist for #Holocaust memory in Gdańsk, and a fantastic person. The group was even featured in the @rollingstone.com.web.brid.gy www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
Hot off the press:⬇️issue of Serbian academic journal on #Holocaust. Ed. 2 University of Kragujevac profs, part of @claims-conference.bsky.social University Partnership in #HolocaustStudies. In it my text #JewishChildhoodinKrakow. Also @jelenasubotic.bsky.social, @juliebrill.bsky.social & others.
January 9, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Hot off the press:⬇️issue of Serbian academic journal on #Holocaust. Ed. 2 University of Kragujevac profs, part of @claims-conference.bsky.social University Partnership in #HolocaustStudies. In it my text #JewishChildhoodinKrakow. Also @jelenasubotic.bsky.social, @juliebrill.bsky.social & others.
A lovely reunion of former @claims-conference.bsky.social #SaulKagan Fellows at the American Historical Association Annual Meeting #AHA25, with Kierra Crago-Schneider and @annickell.bsky.social.
January 6, 2025 at 1:18 AM
A lovely reunion of former @claims-conference.bsky.social #SaulKagan Fellows at the American Historical Association Annual Meeting #AHA25, with Kierra Crago-Schneider and @annickell.bsky.social.
My first time at #AHA25! Was @ushmm.bsky.social panel about the project “Older Jews and the Holocaust,” co-edited @ceschmidt.bsky.social (dearly missed), Betsy Anthony, and yours truly, with papers by Kierra Crago-Schneider and Michael Geheran, chaired by Alexandra Lohse.
January 5, 2025 at 10:24 PM
My first time at #AHA25! Was @ushmm.bsky.social panel about the project “Older Jews and the Holocaust,” co-edited @ceschmidt.bsky.social (dearly missed), Betsy Anthony, and yours truly, with papers by Kierra Crago-Schneider and Michael Geheran, chaired by Alexandra Lohse.
This is a compilation of 153 histories of #Holocaust survivors and 20 US liberators from NJ, many from my community. This book stemmed from one of the earliest efforts to record oral histories of Holocaust victims and liberators, undertaken by the Holocaust Resource Center at Kean University.
November 23, 2024 at 8:59 PM
This is a compilation of 153 histories of #Holocaust survivors and 20 US liberators from NJ, many from my community. This book stemmed from one of the earliest efforts to record oral histories of Holocaust victims and liberators, undertaken by the Holocaust Resource Center at Kean University.
Did your community collect and publish stories about local #Holocaust survivors?
These images are from a book I received from the Simon Family JCC in Virginia Beach. The couple below waited 57 years to publicly share their stories. They didn’t think that anyone would believe them.
These images are from a book I received from the Simon Family JCC in Virginia Beach. The couple below waited 57 years to publicly share their stories. They didn’t think that anyone would believe them.
November 23, 2024 at 8:59 PM
Did your community collect and publish stories about local #Holocaust survivors?
These images are from a book I received from the Simon Family JCC in Virginia Beach. The couple below waited 57 years to publicly share their stories. They didn’t think that anyone would believe them.
These images are from a book I received from the Simon Family JCC in Virginia Beach. The couple below waited 57 years to publicly share their stories. They didn’t think that anyone would believe them.