Cohort VI – Academic year 2013-2014

Cohort VI is our first cohort with both Ph.D. and Postdoctoral candidates. Istvan Pal Adam, Ph.D. candidate in History, University of Bristol, UK A native Hungarian, Mr. Adam’s research incorporates files of a post-war denazifying process, testimonies, autobiographical sources and contemporary journals to show how an otherwise insignificant group of ordinary Hungarians became intermediaries between…

Kim Wünschmann Ph.D.

“Jewish history, the Shoah and Germany’s Nazi past are fields of interest that have accompanied me for most of my conscious life. Already as a young teenager, I read the diary of Anne Frank, Imre Kertesz’ Fateless, Primo Levi’s works, Art Spiegelman’s Maus comic and other important works of Shoah literature which have profoundly influenced…

Instructions for Postdoctoral Candidates

The application process is through the Fluxx portal system (see previous page for link to application process), and all the instructions are there as to how to complete and upload all documents. You will need to upload into Fluxx: -general information -a resume/CV -a full outline of your Ph.D. dissertation and  1-2 chapters of your…

The Claims Conference

The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, Inc. (Claims Conference), an international non-profit organization headquartered in New York, was established in 1951 to negotiate a program of indemnification for material damages to Jewish individuals and to the Jewish people caused by Germany through the Holocaust. This respected organization administers several major programs for the…

Cohort V – Academic year 2012-2013

Meet the Fellows… Susanne Barth, Ph.D. candidate, Carl-von-Ossietzky-University of Oldenburg, Germany Ms. Barth is working on a dissertation project called “The Oberschlesische Hydrierwerke AG and the Auschwitz Subcamp of Blechhammer, 1939-1945.” Blechhammer was a large complex of labour camps belonging to the synfuel plant Oberschlesische Hydrierwerke AG, established in 1939-1940 in Upper Silesia. Nearly 50,000…

Eligibility & Requirements for Ph.D. Candidates

Eligibility To be eligible for the Saul Kagan Fellowship In Advanced Shoah Studies, a candidate must be in the dissertation phase of a Ph.D. program that supports their research of the Holocaust. Eligible disciplines are those in which serious research will make the greatest contribution to future knowledge and understanding of the Holocaust, including but not limited…

About the Program

Claims Conference Kagan Fellowships are available for doctoral and post-doctoral candidates around the world conducting Holocaust-related research. Each year, the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference) offers fellowships for doctoral and post-doctoral candidates around the world conducting newly uncovered archival Holocaust research. Through the Saul Kagan Fellowship in Advanced Shoah Studies, the…