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Historian of the Holocaust, Jews, and Modern Europe in global and transnational perspectives. Lives with a cochlear implant. Views moi.

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Book Cover for: Drunk on Genocide: Alcohol and Mass Murder in Nazi Germany, Edward B. Westermann

Drunk on Genocide: Alcohol and Mass Murder in Nazi Germany

Edward B. Westermann
🌻Dr. Sara L. Halpern🌻🌻Dr. Sara L. Halpern🌻

Zoom Auto Caption Fail: Not "Holocaust Museum" but ALOCHOL Museum Edward B Westermann's "Drunk on Genocide" came right to mind as I read this.

Paperback, 2023

$21.95Member price:$10.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: War and Genocide: A Concise History of the Holocaust, Doris L. Bergen

War and Genocide: A Concise History of the Holocaust

Doris L. Bergen
🌻Dr. Sara L. Halpern🌻🌻Dr. Sara L. Halpern🌻

@WmsRobt What do you mean by "avoid personal biases"? Doris Bergen's War and Genocide is a good start for a primer. For memoirs, kindly balance men's with women's such as Gerda Weinstein Klein and Ruth Kluger.

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Book Cover for: A Time to Gather: Archives and the Control of Jewish Culture, Jason Lustig

A Time to Gather: Archives and the Control of Jewish Culture

Jason Lustig
🌻Dr. Sara L. Halpern🌻🌻Dr. Sara L. Halpern🌻

@school_tales worth looking into Jewish history Laura Jockush's Collect and Record! Jewish Holocaust Documentation in Early Postwar Europe Jason Lustig's A Time to Gather: Archives and the Control of Jewish Culture

Hardcover, 2021

$100.00Member price:$100.00 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)
Book Cover for: Pastrami on Rye: An Overstuffed History of the Jewish Deli, Ted Merwin

Pastrami on Rye: An Overstuffed History of the Jewish Deli

Ted Merwin
🌻Dr. Sara L. Halpern🌻🌻Dr. Sara L. Halpern🌻

@joshraclaw Have you read Ted Merwin’s Pastrami on Rye: An Overstuffed History of the Jewish Deli? Eye popper as much as getting an overstuffed pastrami sandwich

Paperback, 2018

$22.00Member price:$11.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Ms. Mentor's Impeccable Advice for Women in Academia, Emily Toth

Ms. Mentor's Impeccable Advice for Women in Academia

Emily Toth
🌻Dr. Sara L. Halpern🌻🌻Dr. Sara L. Halpern🌻

Still reading Ms. Mentor's Impeccable Advice for Women in Academia (2001). Is it pathetic that this book is timeless?

Paperback, 1997

$24.95Member price:$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: A Cold Welcome: The Little Ice Age and Europe's Encounter with North America, Sam White

A Cold Welcome: The Little Ice Age and Europe's Encounter with North America

Sam White
🌻Dr. Sara L. Halpern🌻🌻Dr. Sara L. Halpern🌻

@brdemuth Loved @osuhistorydept’s Sam White’s A Cold Welcome! Completely changed my view on early European settlers in North America

Paperback, 2020

$26.00Member price:$13.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Number the Stars: A Newbery Award Winner, Lois Lowry

Number the Stars: A Newbery Award Winner

Lois Lowry
🌻Dr. Sara L. Halpern🌻🌻Dr. Sara L. Halpern🌻

So let me get this right. This includes books on the Holocaust?! JFC. Lois Lowry’s Number the Stars (5th grade read) is about a rescue of Danish Jews. And that’s now banned? WHY https://t.co/k6fGeyuRGh

Paperback, 2011

$9.99Member price:$4.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Fascism: A Very Short Introduction, Kevin Passmore

Fascism: A Very Short Introduction

Kevin Passmore
🌻Dr. Sara L. Halpern🌻🌻Dr. Sara L. Halpern🌻

Reading Kevin Passmore’s Fascism: A Very Short Introduction Challenger and clarified All Thinge i knew about fascism and forced me revise my lecture for tomorrow

Paperback, 2014

$12.99Member price:$6.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Totalitarianism: Part Three of the Origins of Totalitarianism, Hannah Arendt

Totalitarianism: Part Three of the Origins of Totalitarianism

Hannah Arendt
🌻Dr. Sara L. Halpern🌻🌻Dr. Sara L. Halpern🌻

Really excited to get back into Hannah Arendt's writings about statelessness for my new book chapter on Shanghai's Jewish refugees and their statelessness. Though her 1945 piece was centered on Europe, her analysis apply well to Shanghai. Onto sections of On Totalitarianism

Paperback, 2011

$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Collect and Record!: Jewish Holocaust Documentation in Early Postwar Europe, Laura Jockusch

Collect and Record!: Jewish Holocaust Documentation in Early Postwar Europe

Laura Jockusch
🌻Dr. Sara L. Halpern🌻🌻Dr. Sara L. Halpern🌻

@school_tales worth looking into Jewish history Laura Jockush's Collect and Record! Jewish Holocaust Documentation in Early Postwar Europe Jason Lustig's A Time to Gather: Archives and the Control of Jewish Culture

Paperback, 2015

$44.99Member price:$44.99 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)