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SUMMARY: Book Talk | Ghost Citizens: Jewish Return to a Postwar City
DESCRIPTION: On March 29\, 2023 at 4 pm\, join us for a book talk by Dr. Lu
 kasz Krzyzanowski (Faculty of History\, University of Warsaw). In the immed
 iate aftermath of World War II\, the lives of Polish Jews were marked by vi
 olence and emigration. But some of those who had survived the Nazi genocide
  returned to their […]
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: <p>[image_spread img_url="https://hist.cms.ar
 ts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2023/03/Screen-Shot-2023-03-06-at-1.5
 0.15-PM.png" caption="" width="website"]</p><hr /><p>On March 29\, 2023 at 
 4 pm\, join us for a book talk by Dr. <a href="https://historia.uw.edu.pl/e
 n/personel/lukasz-krzyzanowski-2/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer
 "><strong>Lukasz Krzyzanowski</strong></a> (Faculty of History\, University
  of Warsaw).</p><p>In the immediate aftermath of World War II\, the lives o
 f Polish Jews were marked by violence and emigration. But some of those who
  had survived the Nazi genocide returned to their hometowns and tried to st
 art their lives anew. In <a href="https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?i
 sbn=9780674984660" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Ghost Citi
 zens: Jewish Return to a Postwar City</em></a>\, Krzyzanowski recounts the 
 story of this largely forgotten group of Holocaust survivors. Focusing on R
 adom\, an industrial city about sixty miles south of Warsaw\, he tells the 
 story of what happened throughout provincial Poland as returnees faced new 
 struggles along with massive political\, social\, and legal change.</p><p>T
 his book talk can be attended both in-person in <strong>Buchanan Tower 1112
 </strong> <strong>and virtually via Zoom</strong>. Please see link below fo
 r Zoom attendance details.</p><p>[buttons][button link_text="Click here for
  Zoom details" link_url="https://ubc.zoom.us/j/66116116598?pwd=VCtWNmgrVW9x
 MEdIbXlQNGEwdE9aZz09"][/buttons]</p><hr /><h3>About the Speaker</h3><p>[ima
 ge_aligned img_url="https://hist.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/2
 3/2023/03/Krzyzankowski-circle.jpg" caption="" align="center"]</p><h3 style
 ="text-align: center\;">Lukasz Krzyzanowski</h3><p>Since October 2021\, Luk
 asz Krzyzanowski has been assistant professor at the Faculty of History of 
 the University of Warsaw. He is the Claims Conference University Partnershi
 p in Holocaust Studies Lecturer in the Department of 20th Century History. 
 Krzyzankowski's research interests include social history of World War II\,
  history of the Holocaust and German occupation in Poland\, and everyday li
 fe during and after the Holocaust.</p><p>Dr\, Krzyzanowski’s visit is spons
 ored by the <a href="https://erasmus-plus.ec.europa.eu/resources-and-tools/
 inter-institutional-agreement" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Er
 amus+ agreement</a> that allows from staff mobility between UBC and the Uni
 versity of Warsaw.</p>
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