Co-Sponsored by the Center for European Studies, the Center for Jewish Studies, and the College of Charleston Center for Holocaust Studies.
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On August 2, 1943, prisoners at the Nazi extermination camp Treblinka, located in occupied Poland, launched an uprising against their captors, during which hundreds successfully escaped while guards killed as many in the process. In this groundbreaking work, Chad S.A. Gibbs draws upon recently discovered sources and novel research methods to fundamentally reassess Jewish resistance at Treblinka—both before and during the revolt.
Using the testimonies of revolt survivors, prior escapees, those who passed through the camp, and a handful of bystander witnesses and former SS guards, Gibbs sheds new light on the events of August 2 as well as many prior acts of resistance. Critical to these new interpretations of the revolt are the actions of women prisoners, who here assume a central place in this story for the first time.
Speaker: Chad S.A. Gibbs, Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies, Director of the Zucker/Goldberg Center for Holocaust Studies, and Co-Director of the Perlmutter Fellows Program, is a historian of the Holocaust, antisemitism, and war and society. His work is devoted to understanding the timing, choices, and tactics of Jewish resistance during the Holocaust. Chad makes extensive use of oral history sources and practices both inside and outside the classroom. In that area, he holds ongoing positions as an Affiliated Researcher at the USC-Dornsife Center for Advanced Genocide Research and a Scholar Interviewer with the USC Shoah Foundation.
Commenter: Professor Jacob Flaws is an assistant professor of history at Kean University located in Union, NJ. He teaches a broad range of classes on modern European history, the Holocaust, and comparative genocide. He is also a nonresident Research Fellow at the National World War II Museum (New Orleans, LA) for the 2024-2025 academic year. Before coming to Kean, Professor Flaws was the World War II Studies MA program lead at Arizona State University and an assistant teaching professor in history and Jewish Studies. He earned his Ph.D. in 2020 from the University of Colorado-Boulder where he studied under Dr. David Shneer (z”l) and Dr. David Ciarlo.
Chair: Dr. Hana Green, College of Charleston Center for Holocaust Studies.
