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The Wonder of their Voices: The First Holocaust Oral History Interviews Public Program

2013

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Dr. Alan Rosen gave this lecture at the University of Florida at Pugh Hall on February 12, 2013 to a packed room. Dr. Paul Ortiz, director of the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program, made introductions.
Dr. Alan Rosen earned his Ph.D. in literature and religion at Boston University where he studied under the supervision of renowned Holocaust survivor, Nobel Peace Prize winner, and Founding Chairman of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council Elie Wiesel. Rosen has taught Holocaust literature at colleges and universities in Israel and the United States, as well as at Yad Vashem's International School for Holocaust Studies (Jerusalem, Israel). As the first recipient of the Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies' Sosland Foundation Fellowship, Dr. Rosen conducted research for his book, "The Wonder of their Voices: The 1946 Holocaust Interviews of David Boder."