Remember the Women Institute is partnering with Ghetto Fighters’ House in Israel for their Talking Memory program. The first in the series took place on Sunday, January 29, 2023. The topic was: Sexual Violence against Jewish Women during the Holocaust: Challenges and Reflections.
In commemoration of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Dr. Sonja M. Hedgepeth and Dr. Rochelle G. Saidel, editors, discussed their 2010 groundbreaking book on the subject of sexual violence against Jewish women during the Holocaust. They paid tribute to early researchers on the subject and reflected on the continued challenges for scholars. Including this subject in Holocaust history provides a fuller understanding of what many women endured. Dr. Sharon Geva provided introductory remarks, and Madene Shachar coordinated the program.
Read a special feature in South African Jewish Report featuring Drs. Saidel and Hedgepeth here.
See the video of the January 29 program here.
Credit: Ghetto Fighters’ House
Rochelle Saidel and Sonja Hedgepeth, top l. to r. Madene Shachar bottom
There are three other programs in the series:
- February 19 – Birth, Sex and Abuse: Women’s Voices Under Nazi Rule – Dr. Beverley Chalmers
- March 12 – Child Sex Abuse and the Holocaust – Dr. Beverley Chalmers
- March 26 – Victimization of Jewish Women Survivors by Their Soviet Liberators – Dr. Daina S. Eglitis
Details of these programs are posted on Ghetto Fighters’ House’s website.
This Ghetto Fighters’ House program is in partnership with the Remember the Women Institute, Women in the Holocaust – International Study Center (MORESHET), Wagner College Holocaust Center, Classrooms Without Borders, Rabin Chair Forum Washington University, and the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Center.