I am grateful to Dr. Grant T. Harward and Diana Dumitru for organizing the presentation (Society for Romanian Studies – SRS Holocaust/WWII group) of my book "Justice and Restitution in Post-Nazi Romania: Rebuilding Jewish Lives and Communities, 1944-1950" Cambridge University Press - History. Many thanks to those who attended!

"We want #europe, not dictatorship" thousands shouted in #romania this evening Universul.net PHOTOS | Thousands rally for Romania’s place in Europe universul.net/photos-thousan… via @Universul.net

I am looking forward to reading this new book of Jean-Marc Dreyfus! L'affaire Petiot et la Shoah | Grasset grasset.fr/livre/laffaire…

I enjoyed talking to Emma Niro about my new book "Justice and Restitution in Post-Nazi RomaniaRebuilding Jewish Lives and Communities, 1944-1950." Many thanks to Emma and The Voice of Wilkinson for facilitating this interview! blogs.chapman.edu/wilkinson/2025… cambridge.org/core/books/jus…

I am happy to share that my article on humor as (graphic) resilience and revenge against Holocaust perpetrators in Miriam Katin's graphic narratives has just been published in the latest issue of Rethinking History tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.10…

A very interesting workshop that will be organized by the USHMM in DC! 2025 Silberman Seminar- ushmm.org/research/oppor…

A great opportunity for a would-be doctoral student!

My interview with #OanaFilip for #Scena9 is now on Spotify. It's a first for me to be voiced by AI! open.spotify.com/episode/3mj69s…

🚨 Both Romanian Ambassadors to the U.S. & Israel are sounding the alarm on rising antisemitism in Romania. In an op-ed, Andrei Muraru & Radu Ioanid say "If Romania does not take decisive action, the consequences will extend beyond its borders." ynetnews.com/article/hy21ma…

Online exhibition on postwar famine in Soviet Moldavia, 1946-7: lnkd.in/dvVqRA4j organised by government of Moldova and National Agency of Archives.

At Yad Vashem #YomHaShoah ceremony, Holocaust survivor from 🇷🇴 Arie Rieter lit t/ 5th torch. Born in Vaslui in 1929, his story of persecution, forced labor, survival, support to Jewish immigrants & building a life in 🇮🇱 is truly impressive. Watch his story youtu.be/r8sLZUqrLgk

I enjoyed reviewing the book of Marius Turda "In Search of the Perfect Romanian" (Polirom, 2024) for the Journal of Romanian Studies Vol. 6, No 1 (April 2025)! I hope the English version of this outstanding book will be published soon!

If, like me you are creature of the written word, make sure you download this article⬇️ by Stefan_C_Ionescu (@stefanc-ionescu.bsky.social) on the same topic. 2/ cambridge.org/core/journals/…

George Simion victory in Romania presidential election ‘will reverse all progress made in the last 35 years’- ex Trump ambassador universul.net/george-simion-… via @Universul.net

Dana Mihăilescu considers the history and memory of the fusgeyer movement, in which large numbers of impoverished, persecuted Jews suddenly decided to “go on foot” towards the U.S. and Canada.

I will be giving a talk about fusgeyers at YIVO, on zoom, on June 10, 2025, 1 pm EST time. yivo.org/Fusgeyers

For those interested in buying my recent book - "Justice and Restitution in Post-Nazi Romania" - here is the discount flyer from Cambridge University Press - History.

I enjoyed reviewing Wolf Gruner's book "Resisters: How Ordinary Jews Fought Persecution in Hitler's Germany (Yale UP, 2023)" for German History. doi.org/10.1093/gerhis…

A great piece by Amber Nickell comparing & contrasting the memorials of Holocaust sites in Ukraine perpetrated by the Germans & their allies in the capital versus by the Romanians & their allies in a rural backwater. academia.edu/129650250/From…

Happy to present my book "Justice and Restitution in Post-Nazi Romania: Rebuilding Jewish Lives and Communities, 1944-1950." at "Voices and Silences: 50 years of the SRS" conference! Many thanks to the organizers and co-panelists (V. Solonari, A. Filipovici, S. Suveica, R Clark!