Sliwa

Dr. Joanna Sliwa is a historian of the Holocaust and Polish Jewish history. She works as a historian and administrator of academic programs at the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference) in New York. The Claims Conference negotiates with the German government for compensation for Jewish Holocaust survivors and preserves Holocaust memory through supporting education, research, and commemoration. Joanna consults for projects ranging from academic texts to websites, films, TV programs, and exhibits.

Joanna’s research focuses on marginalized groups and on individual histories in the context of the Holocaust and its aftermath. Her first book, Jewish Childhood in Kraków: A Microhistory of the Holocaust (Rutgers University Press, 2021) received the 2020 Ernst Fraenkel Prize from the Wiener Holocaust Library and was named an Outstanding Academic Title in the Central and Eastern Europe category by Choice Reviews. The Counterfeit Countess: The Jewish Woman Who Rescued Thousands of Poles during the Holocaust, co-authored with Dr. Elizabeth (Barry) White, was published by Simon and Schuster in January 2024.

To learn more about Joanna’s work, visit www.joannasliwa.com, and connect with her on Twitter @JoannaSliwa