Mittwoch, 2. April 2025, 18:30 - 20:00

Vienna Wiesenthal Institute, Research Lounge, 1010 Vienna, Rabensteig 3, 3rd Floor

On 19 April 1943, Jewish resistance fighters in the Warsaw ghetto started what would become known as the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. In the 82 years that have elapsed since then, telling the story of the uprising remained a challenge in both memory politics and historiography.

In several of his books, Jan T. Gross has been a relentless analyst and critic of post-war Polish antisemitism. As a professor at Princeton University, his books on the pogroms of Jedwabne, Rzeszów, Krakow and Kielce have triggered lasting debates and had a significant influence on memory culture in Poland. In his lecture, Gross will analyse memories of Jewish participants and Polish witnesses of the uprising. Specifically, he will draw attention to articles from the underground press as well as from memoirs and diaries written by members of these two groups during and after the war.

Jan T. Gross is a professor emeritus of history at Princeton University. He is an author of numerous books on the Second World War, including Neighbors. The Destruction of the Jewish Community in Jedwabne, Poland, and Fear. Anti-Semitism in Poland After Auschwitz.

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