Elizabeth Strauss‘s dissertation examines the experiences of and attitudes toward elderly men and women in the Lódz and Vilna Ghettos from 1939 to 1944. She analyzes how the aged of each community shaped the familial, socioeconomic, cultural, political, and religious structures of ghetto society; how these communities responded to German persecution of the elderly; and how the death of the older generation contributed to the decline and destruction of the Jewish communities in Lódz and Vilna. In addition to her native English, Ms. Strauss has mastery of German and reading proficiency in Yiddish. Ms. Strauss’s dissertation advisor is Professor Doris Bergen of University of Toronto.
Elizabeth Strauss
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Elizabeth Strauss‘s dissertation examines the experiences of and attitudes toward elderly men and women in the Lódz and Vilna Ghettos from 1939 to 1944. She analyzes how the aged of each community shaped the familial, socioeconomic, cultural, political, and religious structures of ghetto society; how these communities responded to German persecution of the elderly; and…