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Sexual Violence against Jewish Women during the Holocaust Announced as National Jewish Book Award Finalist

Remember the Women Institute is pleased to announce that Sexual Violence against Jewish Women during the Holocaust (eds Sonja M. Hedgepeth and Rochelle G. Saidel) has been designated a finalist for the National Jewish Book Awards for 2011 for the category of Women's Studies (sponsored by Barbara Dobkin). See a list of all winners and finalists in all categories. The 2011 winners are being honored at the 61st Annual National Jewish Book Awards ceremony on Wednesday, March 14, 2012, at the Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street, New York City, at 8:00pm. The event, hosted by: Samuel G. Freedman and Abigail Pogrebin, is free and open to the public.

In addition to reviews and commentary in English-language media, Sexual Violence against Jewish Women during the Holocaust has been recognized in Portuguese, Hebrew, Swedish, and Dutch media. On July 16, 2011, Época, a leading weekly news magazine in Brazil, featured a story (in Portuguese) on sexual violence during war and an interview with Rochelle Saidel. The article (PDF, 212KB), by Letícia Sorg, discusses rape as a weapon of war in the Holocaust and during other wars and genocides. The magazine also has a more in-depth interview with Dr. Saidel as part of a blog about women.

Israeli newspaper Haaretz posted an article on its English-language site on March 21, 2011; and Y-Net, the American news website of Israeli newspaper Yediot Achronot published an article in Hebrew that month.

Sonja Hedgepeth and Rochelle Saidel were interviewed in Manhattan in March 2011, by Swedish journalist Johanna Koljonen, and an article (in Swedish) appeared on March 25 in Fokus, a cultural magazine in Stockholm.

Nieuw Israelietisch Weekblad, the Jewish magazine of the Netherlands, featured a story (in Dutch) on January 21, 2011, about Sexual Violence against Jewish Women during the Holocaust. Written by journalist Leontine Veerman, the story was part of the magazine's commemoration of Holocaust Memorial Day on January 27.

The mass circulation weekly Brazilian news magazine Época had a July 16, 2011 article (in Portuguese) that featured an interview with Rochelle G. Saidel about her work on sexual violence during the Holocaust. The electronic version requires a subscription, but a related blog (in Portuguese) can be read at http://colunas.epoca.globo.com/mulher7por7/2011/07/16/violencia-sexual-na-guerra-terror-no-holocausto/.

Catalina Prieto, the international producer for W Radio Colombia, an international Spanish-language radio station that belongs to Prisa media in Spain (owners of CNN en español, El Pais, and Canal Plus), interviewed Rochelle G. Saidel on August 5, 2011, for the talk show "W Fin de Semana." The program is broadcast in Spanish to New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, South Florida, Orlando, Texas, and also Panama, Ecuador, Colombia, Mexico, and Spain, with an estimated audience of more than 2,000,000 people. The interview dealt with the rape of women during the Holocaust and World War II.

Women in Judaism: An Interdisciplinary Journal, a Canadian journal available electronically, has a review by Rachel Silverman of Sexual Violence against Jewish Women during the Holocaust in Issue Volume 8: No. 1.

The rape and sexual abuse of Jewish women during the Holocaust have been long overlooked. But when researchers probed, stories began to emerge as if they were old photographic film waiting for the right chemicals...

March 10, 2011
Special International Women's Day edition of the Brasil Econômico newpaper in Sao Paulo quotes Rochelle Saidel about women and the upheavals in the Middle East.

Jerusalem Post publishes "Shattering the Shame and Silence: Sexual Violence during the Holocaust and Other Genocides"
by Sonja M. Hedgepeth and Rochelle G. Saidel

As the United Nations observes Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27, we should be mindful to include the history of sexual violence against Jewish women during that genocide. Especially because this year's theme is "Women and the Holocaust: Courage and Compassion," it is appropriate to call attention to that neglected aspect of Holocaust history.

Jewish victims were among the women subjected to sexual abuse during the Holocaust and World War II. However, sexual violence against Jewish women has always been hidden in plain view. Eyewitness accounts can be found in the archives of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Yad Vashem in Jerusalem, Israel, and the International Tracing Service in Bad Arolsen, Germany. This type of brutality is included in some memoirs and reports, as well as in documentary films and literature. In addition, more than one thousand testimonies housed in the University of Southern California Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education mention rape and "coerced sexual activities," by Nazis and their collaborators, as well as by other Jews, non-Jews, and liberators. These assaults took place in ghettos, in hiding, and in concentration camps. Nevertheless, the subject has been swept under the rug, ignored, or denied for more than 65 years. ...

"Judy Chicago Led the Way in Artistically Portraying Sexual Violence Against Women During the Holocaust"
By Rochelle G. Saidel and Sonja M. Hedgepeth.

While walking through “Shifting the Gaze: Painting and Feminism,” at the Jewish Museum in New York, one artist stood out for her intensity and, this fall, her visibility.

In addition to “Shifting the Gaze,” groundbreaking feminist artist Judy Chicago has works in a one-woman show and in another group show in New York this fall, along with her “Dinner Party,” on permanent display at the Brooklyn Museum’s Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art. ...

Read entire article: http://www.forward.com/articles/132148/#ixzz12kEW8SEv

For more information on Judy Chicago, see http://www.rememberwomen.org/Library/Arts/vis_art.html.

Judy Chicago

Catholic Digest May 2010 Issue Has Article on Concentration Camp Recipe Books
An article entitled "In Memory's Kitchen" in the Catholic Digest May 2010 issue by Dirk Van Susteren discusses the phenomenon of women and girls who traded recipes and made recipe books in concentration camps. The article quotes Dr. Rochelle G. Saidel, Executive Director of Remember the Women Institute, as well as Advisory Board members Dr. Elizabeth Baer and Dr. Myrna Goldenberg. The Institute helped the journalist to find sources for his excellent article.

The Voice of Piotrokow Survivors
The Voice of Piotrokow Survivors, May – June 2009, featured passages from The Jewish Women of Ravensbrück Concentration Camp by Rochelle G. Saidel. This periodical edited by Ben Giladi reprinted from the book Dr. Saidel's interview with Tova (Guta) Flatto Giladi. Photos of Guta, her parents, and their home in Piotrokow are part of the coverage.

Gedenkstätten Rundbrief
Gedenkstätten Rundbrief, No. 147, February 2009, features news about the Ravensbrück Summer University held at the memorial in September 2008, where Dr. Rochelle G. Saidel presented a paper. There is also a photograph of Dr. Saidel with Dr. Helga Amesberger, a senior researcher at the Institute of Conflict Research in Vienna, as well as Carolyn Gammon, a researcher and writer in Berlin, and Dr. Sonja M. Hedgepeth of Middle Tennessee State University (see below). The periodical is published by Stiftung Topographie des Terrors in Berlin, and offers news from the various memorial institutions in Germany.

Mann About Town Magazine Article Features Remember the Women Institute
The November 2008 edition of Mann About Town magazine features Remember the Women Institute, with an article detailing some of the Institute's history and projects. Dedicated to “living well in New York,” the magazine highlights people, projects, and events of interest to New Yorkers. We were pleased to be featured alongside Michael Feinstein, Neshama Carlebach, and others, and thank Jeff Mann, president and executive editor, and Jacqueline Ruiz, managing editor.

Mann About Town

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	LIBRARY Book Reviews \| Bibliographies \| Film Reviews \| Performing Arts \| Creative Arts \| Essays \| Links \| In the News In the News 2012 SEXUAL VIOLENCE AGAINST JEWISH WOMEN DURING THE HOLOCAUST IS NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD FINALIST 2011 READ ABOUT SEXUAL VIOLENCE DURING THE HOLOCAUST ON CNN.COM HEAR ROCHELLE G. SAIDEL INTERVIEW ON CBC/RADIO-CANADA'S AS IT HAPPENS SEXUAL VIOLENCE BOOK RECOGNIZED INTERNATIONALLY CYNTHIA COOPER'S ARTICLE ON HOLOCAUST AND RAPE ON WOMEN'S ENEWS INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY EDITION OF BRASIL ECONOMICO QUOTES ROCHELLE SAIDEL HADASSAH-BRANDEIS INSTITUTE PROMOTES REMEMBER THE WOMEN JERUSALEM POST PUBLISHES ARTICLE ON RAPE AND THE HOLOCAUST 2010 FORWARD PUBLISHES ARTICLE ON JUDY CHICAGO CATHOLIC DIGEST MAY 2010 ISSUE HAS ARTICLE ON CONCENTRATION CAMP RECIPE BOOKS 2009 THE VOICE OF PIOTROKOW SURVIVORS FEATURED PASSAGES FROM THE JEWISH WOMEN OF RAVENSBRÜCK CONCENTRATION CAMP GEDENKSTÄTTEN RUNDBRIEF FEATURES NEWS ABOUT THE RAVENSBRÜCK SUMMER UNIVERSITY 2008 MANN ABOUT TOWN MAGAZINE ARTICLE FEATURES REMEMBER THE WOMEN INSTITUTE Sexual Violence against Jewish Women during the Holocaust Announced as National Jewish Book Award Finalist Remember the Women Institute is pleased to announce that Sexual Violence against Jewish Women during the Holocaust (eds Sonja M. Hedgepeth and Rochelle G. Saidel) has been designated a finalist for the National Jewish Book Awards for 2011 for the category of Women's Studies (sponsored by Barbara Dobkin). See a list of all winners and finalists in all categories. The 2011 winners are being honored at the 61st Annual National Jewish Book Awards ceremony on Wednesday, March 14, 2012, at the Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street, New York City, at 8:00pm. The event, hosted by: Samuel G. Freedman and Abigail Pogrebin, is free and open to the public. Sexual Violence Book Recognized Internationally In addition to reviews and commentary in English-language media, Sexual Violence against Jewish Women during the Holocaust has been recognized in Portuguese, Hebrew, Swedish, and Dutch media. On July 16, 2011, Época, a leading weekly news magazine in Brazil, featured a story (in Portuguese) on sexual violence during war and an interview with Rochelle Saidel. The article (PDF, 212KB), by Letícia Sorg, discusses rape as a weapon of war in the Holocaust and during other wars and genocides. The magazine also has a more in-depth interview with Dr. Saidel as part of a blog about women. Israeli newspaper Haaretz posted an article on its English-language site on March 21, 2011; and Y-Net, the American news website of Israeli newspaper Yediot Achronot published an article in Hebrew that month. Sonja Hedgepeth and Rochelle Saidel were interviewed in Manhattan in March 2011, by Swedish journalist Johanna Koljonen, and an article (in Swedish) appeared on March 25 in Fokus, a cultural magazine in Stockholm. Nieuw Israelietisch Weekblad, the Jewish magazine of the Netherlands, featured a story (in Dutch) on January 21, 2011, about Sexual Violence against Jewish Women during the Holocaust. Written by journalist Leontine Veerman, the story was part of the magazine's commemoration of Holocaust Memorial Day on January 27. The mass circulation weekly Brazilian news magazine Época had a July 16, 2011 article (in Portuguese) that featured an interview with Rochelle G. Saidel about her work on sexual violence during the Holocaust. The electronic version requires a subscription, but a related blog (in Portuguese) can be read at http://colunas.epoca.globo.com/mulher7por7/2011/07/16/violencia-sexual-na-guerra-terror-no-holocausto/. Catalina Prieto, the international producer for W Radio Colombia, an international Spanish-language radio station that belongs to Prisa media in Spain (owners of CNN en español, El Pais, and Canal Plus), interviewed Rochelle G. Saidel on August 5, 2011, for the talk show "W Fin de Semana." The program is broadcast in Spanish to New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, South Florida, Orlando, Texas, and also Panama, Ecuador, Colombia, Mexico, and Spain, with an estimated audience of more than 2,000,000 people. The interview dealt with the rape of women during the Holocaust and World War II. Women in Judaism: An Interdisciplinary Journal, a Canadian journal available electronically, has a review by Rachel Silverman of Sexual Violence against Jewish Women during the Holocaust in Issue Volume 8: No. 1. Cynthia Cooper's article on Holocaust and Rape on Women's eNews May 30, 2011 The rape and sexual abuse of Jewish women during the Holocaust have been long overlooked. But when researchers probed, stories began to emerge as if they were old photographic film waiting for the right chemicals... Read the entire article. This article by Cynthia Cooper from Women's eNews was reprinted in the Jewish Journal and the English website edition of Haaretz. Please see Holocaust women’s rape breaks decades of taboo and U.S. Holocaust Museum studies rape of Jewish women in the Holocaust. March 10, 2011 Special International Women's Day edition of the Brasil Econômico newpaper in Sao Paulo quotes Rochelle Saidel about women and the upheavals in the Middle East. View pdf file. Hadassah-Brandeis Institute, Brandeis University, Publicizes Sexual Violence against Jewish Women during the Holocaust, a screening of Grace Paley: Collected Shorts, and the "Shattering Shame and Silence" article in the Jerusalem Post. Jerusalem Post publishes "Shattering the Shame and Silence: Sexual Violence during the Holocaust and Other Genocides" by Sonja M. Hedgepeth and Rochelle G. Saidel January, 2011 As the United Nations observes Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27, we should be mindful to include the history of sexual violence against Jewish women during that genocide. Especially because this year's theme is "Women and the Holocaust: Courage and Compassion," it is appropriate to call attention to that neglected aspect of Holocaust history. Jewish victims were among the women subjected to sexual abuse during the Holocaust and World War II. However, sexual violence against Jewish women has always been hidden in plain view. Eyewitness accounts can be found in the archives of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Yad Vashem in Jerusalem, Israel, and the International Tracing Service in Bad Arolsen, Germany. This type of brutality is included in some memoirs and reports, as well as in documentary films and literature. In addition, more than one thousand testimonies housed in the University of Southern California Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education mention rape and "coerced sexual activities," by Nazis and their collaborators, as well as by other Jews, non-Jews, and liberators. These assaults took place in ghettos, in hiding, and in concentration camps. Nevertheless, the subject has been swept under the rug, ignored, or denied for more than 65 years. ... Read the entire article Forward Publishes Article on Judy Chicago, October 13, 2010 "Judy Chicago Led the Way in Artistically Portraying Sexual Violence Against Women During the Holocaust" By Rochelle G. Saidel and Sonja M. Hedgepeth. While walking through “Shifting the Gaze: Painting and Feminism,” at the Jewish Museum in New York, one artist stood out for her intensity and, this fall, her visibility. In addition to “Shifting the Gaze,” groundbreaking feminist artist Judy Chicago has works in a one-woman show and in another group show in New York this fall, along with her “Dinner Party,” on permanent display at the Brooklyn Museum’s Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art. ... Read entire article: http://www.forward.com/articles/132148/#ixzz12kEW8SEv For more information on Judy Chicago, see http://www.rememberwomen.org/Library/Arts/vis_art.html. Above: A panel in Chicago’s “The Four Questions” series (part of her “Holocaust Project”) depicts sterilization and asks, “Who Controls Our Human Destiny?” Catholic Digest May 2010 Issue Has Article on Concentration Camp Recipe Books An article entitled "In Memory's Kitchen" in the Catholic Digest May 2010 issue by Dirk Van Susteren discusses the phenomenon of women and girls who traded recipes and made recipe books in concentration camps. The article quotes Dr. Rochelle G. Saidel, Executive Director of Remember the Women Institute, as well as Advisory Board members Dr. Elizabeth Baer and Dr. Myrna Goldenberg. The Institute helped the journalist to find sources for his excellent article. The Voice of Piotrokow Survivors The Voice of Piotrokow Survivors, May – June 2009, featured passages from The Jewish Women of Ravensbrück Concentration Camp by Rochelle G. Saidel. This periodical edited by Ben Giladi reprinted from the book Dr. Saidel's interview with Tova (Guta) Flatto Giladi. Photos of Guta, her parents, and their home in Piotrokow are part of the coverage. *Gedenkst*ätten Rundbrief Gedenkstätten Rundbrief, No. 147, February 2009, features news about the Ravensbrück Summer University held at the memorial in September 2008, where Dr. Rochelle G. Saidel presented a paper. There is also a photograph of Dr. Saidel with Dr. Helga Amesberger, a senior researcher at the Institute of Conflict Research in Vienna, as well as Carolyn Gammon, a researcher and writer in Berlin, and Dr. Sonja M. Hedgepeth of Middle Tennessee State University (see below). The periodical is published by Stiftung Topographie des Terrors in Berlin, and offers news from the various memorial institutions in Germany. Mann About Town Magazine Article Features Remember the Women Institute The November 2008 edition of Mann About Town magazine features Remember the Women Institute, with an article detailing some of the Institute's history and projects. Dedicated to “living well in New York,” the magazine highlights people, projects, and events of interest to New Yorkers. We were pleased to be featured alongside Michael Feinstein, Neshama Carlebach, and others, and thank Jeff Mann, president and executive editor, and Jacqueline Ruiz, managing editor.
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