Participant Info
- First Name
- Rebecca
- Last Name
- Erbelding
- Country
- United States
- State
- MD Maryland
- me@rebeccaerbelding.com
- Affiliation
- US Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Website URL
- http://www.rebeccaerbelding.com
- Keywords
- World War II, Holocaust, Humanitarian aid, Rescue, US Government, Roosevelt, Presidential History, Immigration, Refugees
- Availability
- Media Contact
- Additional Contact Information
- PhD
- PhD
Personal Info
- Photo
- About Me
I am a historian of American response(s) to the Holocaust at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and the author of the authoritative history of the War Refugee Board, Rescue Board: The Untold Story of America’s Efforts to Save the Jews of Europe (Doubleday, 2018).
I have a PhD in American history from George Mason University. My expertise is on US governmental response to the Holocaust, including the refugee crisis in the 1930s and 1940s, US private humanitarian aid, and the role of the US State and Treasury Departments.
- Recent Publications
“Rescue Board: The Untold Story of America’s Efforts to Save the Jews of Europe” was published by Doubleday in April 2018.
- Media Coverage
- New Yorker, New York Times, History Channel, National Geographic, BookTV
- Social Media
- @rerbelding
- Country Focus
- United States
- Expertise by Geography
- Germany, United States
- Expertise by Chronology
- 20th century
- Expertise by Topic
- American Presidents, Government, Public History
