Did Gender Matter during the Holocaust? - Marion Kaplan

The USC Dornsife Center for Advanced Genocide Research presents the 2019 Annual Shapiro Scholar Lecture by Marion Kaplan (Skirball Professor of Modern Jewish History, New York University), the Center's 2018-2019 Sara and Asa Shapiro Scholar in Residence, presented at the University of Southern California on April 11, 2019, organized by the USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research, which was celebrating its fifth anniversary at this event.

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In this lecture, Professor Marion Kaplan will trace the origins of Holocaust research on gender issues, which began in the 1980s. She will address her own contributions to the study of Jewish gender and family history in Nazi Germany, as well as how the field has evolved into the 21st century. Finally, she will point to areas that still need research and analysis. She will argue that bringing gender into the history will both nuance and enhance our understanding of the Holocaust.