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JDC Announces New Chesin (Steuer) Fellowship

JDC is delighted to announce the establishment of the Max and Cecil (Steuer) Chesin/JDC Archives Fellowship. This second endowed fellowship was made possible by a generous gift from Lorraine and Sorrell Chesin of Albany, supporters of JDC who in 2016 endowed the Sorrell and Lorraine Chesin/JDC Archives Fellowship. Dr. Sorrell Chesin dedicated his career to the advancement of higher education. He held several senior administrative positions during his tenure at SUNY Albany from 1965 to 2013, including service as Executive Director of the University at Albany Foundation. His professional activities made him well aware of the importance of...

New Book on the International Committee of the Red Cross by 2014 JDC Archives Fellow, Gerald Steinacher

What was the attitude of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) during the Holocaust? What were the consequences of its record in the postwar period? How did the humanitarian organization manage to forge a new identity and a new role in the aftermath of the conflict? These are the main questions that Gerald Steinacher’s important new book Humanitarians at War: The Red Cross and the Shadow of the Holocaust seeks to answer. The first part of the book deals with the ICRC’s failure to assist civilian victims particularly Jews until 1944. Steinacher, the Hymen Rosenberg Professor...