Photo Credit: Claims Conference
I am a historian of the Holocaust and Polish Jewish history. I work as Historian, and Administrator of the Saul Kagan Fellowship for Advanced Shoah Studies and of the University Partnership Program in Holocaust Studies at the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference). The Claims Conference is the only NGO that negotiates with the German government for compensation for Jewish Holocaust survivors.
Research, education, and program management are at the core of my professional endeavors. I have worked at the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), dubbed “the global Jewish 9-1-1,” and at the Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust. I taught graduate courses at Kean University, undergraduate courses at Rutgers University - New Brunswick, and I served as faculty adviser and educator in the Master Teacher Institute in Holocaust Education at the Allen and Joan Bildner Center for the Study of Jewish Life at Rutgers.
In addition, I have worked as a researcher, translator, and consultant for projects ranging from academic texts to websites, films, TV programs, and exhibits.
As a public historian, I have many years of experience speaking to diverse audiences on topics related to the Holocaust, Jewish history, and Polish history. I also speak about the history of Jewish relief through the lens of JDC, the history of the Claims Conference and compensation for Holocaust survivors, and the history of Jewish property restitution in Poland.
Forthcoming in March 2026
Wayne State University Press
United States
Published by Simon and Schuster, 2024 (hardcover and paperback)
Poland
Published by Rebis, forthcoming in October 2025
United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, the Commonwealth
Published by imprints of Bonnier Books:
* Hardcover by John Blake
* Paperback by Blink Books
Russia
Published by Eksmo
Italy
Published by Newton Compton Editori
Slovakia
Published by Motyl
Upcoming Talks
October 20, 2025 | “Inny świat” – losy dzieci w czasie II wojny światowej [“A Different World” - The Fates of Children during World War II] panel in Polish | Oskar Schindler Emalia Factory Museum | Krakow, Poland | Info
October 24, 2025 | Book talk about the Polish edition of The Counterfeit Countess - Fałszywa Hrabina. Opowieść o Żydówce, która podczas Zagłady uratowała tysiące Polaków | 28th International Book Fair in Kraków | Kraków, Poland | Info
October 28, 2025 | Meeting with high school students from Lublin | The Polish edition of The Counterfeit Countess | State Museum at Majdanek | Lublin, Poland
October 28, 2025 | Discussion about The Polish edition of The Counterfeit Countess | Grodzka Gate | Lublin, Poland | Info