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The Saul Kagan Fellowship Program in Advanced Shoah Studies is managed by Dr. Joanna Sliwa. If you have any questions about the program or would like to get more information, please feel free to contact Joanna. Email: Joanna.Sliwa@claimscon.org Mailing address: Claims Conference, Office of Kagan Fellowships Attn: Dr. Joanna Sliwa 1359 Broadway, suite 2000 New…

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…

Eric C. Steinhart

Cohort I Eric’s dissertation, tentatively titled “Creating Killers: The Nazification of the Black Sea Germans, 1941-1944,” probes the relationship between SS Volksdeutsche policy and the prominent role of Soviet ethnic Germans in the Holocaust in southern Ukraine. In addition to his native English, he is fluent in German and has a command of Russian and…

Meet the Fellows

Learn more about research done by some of the most promising young leaders in Shoah Scholarship.

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…