Send us a textTo learn more, please visit the website for Ms. Sliwa.Show Notes:2:45 inspiration for her career as a historian of the Holocaust and Polish Jewish history4:30 American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC)6:50 Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (the Claims Conference)8:00 Claims Conference’s work on behalf of elderly survivors10:00 current issues blocking claims that she’s encountered and how they differ between countries12:00 history of the plunder and anti-restitution approach/laws in Poland16:00 definition of who is a survivor for restitution purposes, e.g., exclusion of Jews who were in hiding during WWII from receiving pensions17:45 lack of understanding and education about the gravity of the theft and restitution issues from WWII19:00 claims like Menachem Kaiser 20:20 attitudes and behaviors towards Holocaust survivors and why claims are still ongoing23:00 heirless property24:00 JUST Act report’s findings on Poland about archives 26:00 It Is Still Night authors Historian Jan Grabowski and Professor Barbara Engelking30:00 pursuit of the ‘Politics of Memory’ by the current government in Poland, Law and Justice as a distortion of Holocaust history35:00 example of how Holocaust history is distorted: Poland’s commemoration of a Polish railway worker who is said to have given water to Jews in boxcars en route to Treblinka versus acknowledging Poles who robbed Jews in boxcars in exchange for water41:00 Jewish Childhood in Kraków: A Microhistory of the Holocaust43:45 historical drama film Schindler’s List45:45 Children With a Star: Jewish Youth in Nazi Europe by Deborah Dwork47:00 Counterfeit Countess: The Jewish Mathematician Who Rescued Poles during the Holocaust co-authored with Dr. Elizabeth (Barry) White, expert on Majdanek Concentration Camp52:00 genealogy methods supplemented research for Counterfeit Countess56:15 The Beginning of the Holocaust in Poland 1939-1941? Other upcoming projects?59:15 how Dr. Sliwa defines justice and how she sees her work facilitating justice 1:30:00 Dr. Sliwa’s hope for her legacy: to educate and inspire future scholars of all genocidePlease share your comments and/or questions at [email protected] by Toulme.To hear more episodes, please visit Warfare of Art and Law podcast's website.To leave questions or comments about this or other episodes of the podcast and/or for information about joining the 2ND Saturday discussion on art, culture and justice, please message me at [email protected]. Thanks so much for listening!© Stephanie Drawdy [2025]

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