Jonathan C. Friedman

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Jonathan C. Friedman (born March 26, 1966 ) is an American historian.

Life

Jonathan C. Friedman is the son of the historian Saul S. Friedman . He studied history at the University of Maryland at College Park , his master's thesis in 1990 under the title The "Third Force": Foreign policy and the role of the Free Democratic Party in West German politics 1948–1990 dealt with German post-war politics. He received his doctorate in 1996 with the dissertation Gentile-Jewish relations from the perspective of the Jewish communities in Frankfurt am Main, Giessen, and Geisenheim, 1919–1945 .

Friedman worked as a historian at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and the "Survivors of the Shoah Foundation".

Friedman teaches history at West Chester University in West Chester, Pennsylvania , where he is the director of "Holocaust and Genocide Studies". He expanded his studies on the history of the persecution of Jews in the 20th century to include topics from film, music and LGBT .

Fonts (selection)

  • The Lion and the Star. Gentile – Jewish Relations in three Hessian Communities, 1919–1945. University Press of Kentucky, Lexington KY 1998, ISBN 0-8131-2043-8 .
  • Speaking the unspeakable. Essays on sexuality, gender, and Holocaust survivor memory. University Press of America, Lanham MD et al. 2002, ISBN 0-7618-2463-4 .
  • The literary, cultural, and historical significance ot the 1937 biblical stage play "The eternal road". Edwin Mellen Press, Lewiston NY et al. 2004, ISBN 0-7734-6325-9 .
  • Rainbow Jews. Jewish and Gay Identity in the Performing Arts. Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham MD et al. 2007, ISBN 978-0-7391-1447-6 .
  • as editor: Performing difference. Presentations of "the other" in film and theater. University Press of America, Lanham MD 2009, ISBN 978-0-7618-4154-8 .
  • as editor: The Routledge history of the Holocaust. Routledge, London et al. 2011, ISBN 978-0-415-77956-2 .
  • as editor with Robert D. Miller II .: The Highest Form of Wisdom. A Memorial Book in Honor of Saul S. Friedman (1937-2013). KTAV Publishers, Brooklyn NY 2016, ISBN 978-965-524-247-8 .

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SURNAME Friedman, Jonathan C.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American historian
DATE OF BIRTH March 26, 1966