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A commemorative ceremony in 2013 marks the 70th anniversary of the revolt in the Treblinka death camp. Adrian Grycuk/Wikimedia Commons

April 9, 2026

80 years later, scholarship is breaking silence on women’s suffering and strength at Treblinka – including their role in its uprising

Chad S.A. Gibbs, College of Charleston

Topics such as sexual assault have been difficult for survivors and historians to write about, even decades after the war.

Joe Engel, joined here by fellow Holocaust survivors Rose Goldberg and Diny K. Adkins, along with College of Charleston students, dedicated his later years to speaking about his experiences during the Holocaust. Courtesy of the Zucker/Goldberg Center for Holocaust Studies

January 21, 2026

Bearing witness after the witnesses are gone: How to bring Holocaust education home for a new generation

Chad S.A. Gibbs, College of Charleston

Students respond to history that feels local and personal. There are ways to do that even as Holocaust survivors pass away, one professor writes.

Samuel Willenberg, the last survivor of the Treblinka uprising, poses for a picture at his art studio in Tel Aviv, Israel, in 2010. AP Photo/Oded Balilty

April 11, 2023

Defying the Holocaust didn’t just mean uprising and revolt: Remembering Jews’ everyday resistance on Yom HaShoah and year‑round

Chad S.A. Gibbs, College of Charleston

Yom HaShoah, Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day, pointedly commemorates Jewish resistance to the Nazis.

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