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This talk explores how German Jews used private photography to record and interpret their lives under National Socialism. Drawing on a database of some 15,000 images, it examines how these photographs documented daily experiences and reflected Jewish responses to escalating antisemitic measures. The analysis treats photographs as narrative tools that\u00a0<\/span>conveyed<\/span>\u00a0emotions, beliefs, and expectations. This approach reveals new insights into German Jews\u2019 self-<\/span>perceptions<\/span>\u00a0and strategies for navigating a time of profound uncertainty.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Ofer Ashkenazi<\/span><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0is Professor of History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and current George Mosse Visiting Professor at the University of Wisconsin\u2013Madison. His research explores German-Jewish cultural history, Jewish experience under Nazism, migration and political activism, and the memory of Nazi violence. His recent books include the monographs\u202f<\/span><\/span>Still Lives: Jewish Photography in Nazi Germany<\/span><\/span>\u202f(2025, with Rebekka Grossmann, Shira Miron, and Sarah Wobick-Segev) and\u202f<\/span><\/span>Anti-Heimat Cinema: The Jewish Invention of the German Landscape, 1918\u20131968<\/span><\/span>\u202f(2020), as well as the edited volume\u202f<\/span><\/span>Rethinking Jewish History and Memory through Photography<\/span><\/span>\u202f(2025, co-edited with Thomas Pegelow-Kaplan).<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Cosponsors:<\/strong>\u00a0Nathan and Esther Pelz Holocaust Education Resource Center and 51ÁÔÆæ\u2019s Departments of Anthropology, Art History, Communication, and History;\u00a0and Programs in German; Journalism, Advertising, and Media Studies; and Digital Arts and Culture<\/p>\n

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