Rowan Center for the Study of The Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights

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The mission of the Rowan Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies will be to serve as the focal point for students, faculty, educators, and the regional community in learning the history and lessons of the Holocaust, as well as broader issues related to genocide over time and across space. Through innovative educational programming the Center will study and investigate issues such as the conseque

06/15/2026

Congratulations to our very own RCHGHR Executive Director, Jenny Rich, on her new book, "Paper Tombs: Post-Holocaust Memorial Books and Prewar Jewish Life," which will be published on July 21, 2026 by NYU Press, in association with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

The book examines yizker bikher – a remarkable corpus of memorial volumes created by Holocaust survivors and pre-war émigrés in the decades after the war. Each volume was written to document the vibrancy of one prewar Jewish community, to bear witness to its annihilation, and to transmit memory across generations. Paper Tombs examines yizker bikher as both texts and as objects, as artifacts of grief, resilience, and collective identity.

The book will be freely available as an open access publication - students (and everyone else) will be able to access it at no cost.

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06/11/2026

RCHGHR Interview Series.

Our very own Professor Mikkel Dack recently interviewed Luke Baumgartner, a Research Fellow at the Program on Extremism at George Washington University, whose research interests include domestic violent extremism, white supremacist movements, and the role of military veterans in political violence. Check out the discussion here:

Interview Series:https://www.rowan.edu/ric-edelman-college/centers/rchghr/interview-series/

Baumgartner Interview: https://www.rowan.edu/ric-edelman-college/centers/rchghr/interview-series/baumgartner_luke/