Selected Works

Essays
"The Rescuer Self"
The rescuers of Jews during the Holocaust were motivated for varying reasons. Once a person became a rescuer, a different self was formed. This essay explores their lives before, during and after the war.
"The Psychology Behind Being a Hidden Child"
Eva Fogelman gives a psychological perspective of the lives of hidden children both during and after the Holocaust.
"Transforming a Legacy of Loss"
An exploration of the mourning process as a creative process for female descendants of Holocaust survivors.
Films
Breaking the Silence: The Generation After the Holocaust
An award-winning documentary about the lives of young adults whose parents survived the Holocaust as they grapple with finding out what happened to their parents and how it has shaped their lives.

Events

Upcoming events:

Dr. Fogelman will be the keynote speaker at a conference and to the broader community in Shanghai, China on September 15-17, 2011 with Manli Ho, daughter of Feng Shan Ho, a Chinese diplomat who rescued Jews during the Holocaust, and Professor Xu Xin of Nanjing University, an expert on the Jewish experience throughout Chinese History.

Recent Events:


July 14

Dr. Fogelman spoke at the Museum of Jewish Heritage on the psychology of altruistic behavior in extreme situations.

March 21

Dr. Fogelman spoke at a seminar and event for the new book Sexual Violence against Jewish Women During the Holocaust with Sonja Hedgepeth, Rochelle Saidel, and Nava Semel.
Location: CUNY Graduate Center, Fifth Avenue at 34th Street, Room 9206-9207

March 29-30

Dr. Fogelman spoke at the International Conference for Professionals Working with Holocaust Survivors. She will be speaking on the "Paradigm of Aging Holocaust Survivor Families in the Twenty-First Century: Implications for Clinical Intervention."
Location: UJA Federation, 130 E 59th Street, New York City

April 13
Eva Fogelman was the keynote speaker for the inaugural conference celebrating the Judith Kestenberg Holocaust Child Survivor Archive at Hebrew University.

December 9

Dr. Fogelman participated in the book launch of Sexual Violence Against Jewish Women During the Holocaust along with editors Rochelle Saidel and Sonja Hedgepeth. She contributed a chapter entitled "Sexual Abuse of Women During and After the Holocaust: A Psychological Perspective."
Location: Hebrew Union College, Jewish Institute of Religion. 1 West Fourth Street, New York, NY.
Time: 5:45-7:45

December 21

Dr. Fogelman participated in a panel discussion on sexual violence during the Holocaust organized by the Remember the Women Institute for the Association for Jewish Studies 42nd Annual Conference.
Location: Room St. George A, Westin Copley Place, Boston
Time: 8:30-10:30 AM

Dr. Fogelman will host a discussion following the screening of the film "Saviors in the Night."
Time/​date: November 9, 7:30 PM
Location: JCC in Manhattan, 334 Amsterdam Avenue at 76th Street

Dr. Fogelman will be a guest on "The Global Voice" with Susan Piontek. The segment will be aired live at 8 PM and is archived on blogtalkradio.com/​susanpiontek.
Time/​date: November 3, 8 PM.

Dr. Fogelman will lead a plenary session on Katherine Kressman Taylor's "Address Unknown" as part of the World Federation of Jewish Holocaust Child Survivors 2010 Conference.
Location: Doubletree Chicago North Shore Hotel, Skokie, IL
Time/​date: November 7

Dr. Fogelman will chair the closing panel of the World Federation of Jewish Holocaust Child Survivors entitled: "A Look at the Future: From Lives to Legacies."
Location: Doubletree Chicago North Shore Hotel, Skokie, IL
Time/​date: November 8, 10-12 PM
Dr. Fogelman will lead an intergenerational workshop for three generations of families who escaped to England in the 1930s from Germany, Austria, and Czechoslovakia.
Time/​date: October 16, 10:45-12:15 PM
Location: Kindertransport Gathering, Arlington, Virginia

Dr. Fogelman will be a keynote speaker at the Dokshitzy Diaspora Reunion. She will speak on "The Psychology of Remembering Your Dokshitzy Roots."
Time/​date: August 21, 1:00 PM
Location: Radisson Hotel--Providence Airport, Warwick, Rhode Island.

Dr. Fogelman will lead a discussion following the screening of her award-winning documentary film Breaking the Silence: The Generation After the Holocaust.
Time/​date: July 20, 4:00-6:00 PM
Location: Drisha Institute for Jewish Education, 37 West 65th Street, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10023.

Dr. Fogelman will be a panelist on a discussion following a documentary on rescuers of Jews in Italy during the German occupation.
Time/​date: June 16, 6:00 PM
Location: Italian Institute of Culture, 68 Park Avenue, Manhattan.

Dr. Fogelman will be speaking at Brooklyn Technological High School on the psychological perspective of Maus by Art Spiegelman.
Time/​date: June 3, 11:00 AM
Location: Brooklyn Technological High School

Dr. Fogelman will be speaking on Ezrat Nashim: Early Activists in the Jewish Feminist Movement.
Time/​date: May 9, 3:00 PM
Location: Jewish Community Center, 76th Street and Amsterdam, Manhattan.

Eva Fogelman shares personal reminiscences of Professor Stanley Milgram.
Time/​date: March 24, 2010 7 PM
Location: Fordham Law School, 140 West 60th Street, Room 204.

Eva Fogelman gives a lecture on clinical issues in working with second generation Holocaust survivors.
Time/​date: March 24, 2010 10-11:50 AM
Location: Columbia University School of Social Work, 1255 Amsterdam, Clinical Practice with Historically Traumatized Populations

Eva Fogelman will be addressing the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute's conference Rising from the Ashes: Jewish Families and Children During and After the War as keynote speaker. Her address was entitled "Holocaust Child Survivors, 65 Years After Liberation: From Mourning to Creativity."
Time/​date: April 11, 2010 7 PM
Location: Rapaporte Treasure Hall, Goldfarb Library, Brandeis University. Introduction by President Jehudah Reinharz.