Monika Rice

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Monika Rice

Monika Rice, PhD completed her degree in 2014.  Her dissertation project compares early accounts of Jewish survivors collected by the Jewish Historical Committee in Poland, with later accounts deposited in Yad Vashem. She is investigating the possible extent of a change, over time, and in different political circumstances, in Jewish perceptions of former Polish neighbors encountered immediately…

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Monika Rice, PhD completed her degree in 2014.  Her dissertation project compares early accounts of Jewish survivors collected by the Jewish Historical Committee in Poland, with later accounts deposited in Yad Vashem. She is investigating the possible extent of a change, over time, and in different political circumstances, in Jewish perceptions of former Polish neighbors encountered immediately after the war. Ms. Rice is working on Polish, Yiddish, Hebrew, German, and Russian sources for this project. Her academic advisor is Professor Antony Polonsky.  Dr. Rice teaches at Seton Hall University.