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David Engel Maurice R. and Corinne P. Greenberg Professor of Holocaust Studies ; Professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies , History Ph.D. 1979 (history), B.A. 1972 (history), California (Los Angeles). Email:  de2@nyu.edu

Areas of Research/Interest: Modern Jewish political history, History of the Jews in Eastern Europe, and the Holocaust.

External Affiliations: Fellow of Diaspora Research Institute, Tel Aviv University, Fellow since 1985 Association for Jewish Studies. Member, Board of Directors, since 1998 United States Holocaust Memorial Concil. Member, Academic Committee, since 2002 Carnegie Commission on Ethics and International Affairs. Member, Commission on Polish-Jewish Relations, since 2002 Simon-Dubnow Institut, Leipzig. Member, International Academic Advisory Board, since 2001.

Fellowships/Honors: Golden Dozen Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, New York University, 1995-96. Outstanding Lecturer, Faculty of Humanities, Tel Aviv University, 1986-7

Select Publications:

Between Liberation and Flight: Holocaust Survivors in Poland and the Struggle for Leadership, 1944-1946, in Hebrew. Tel Aviv: Am Oved Publishers. 1996.

Facing a Holocaust: The Polish Government-in-Exile and the Jews, 1943-1945. University of North Carolina Press. 1993.

In the Shadow of Auschwitz: The Polish Government-in-Exile and the Jews, 1939-1942.University of North Carolina Press. 1987.

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