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Join Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) for a book talk with Dr. Jacob Flaws, Assistant Professor of History at Kean University, on his award-winning book Spaces of Treblinka (University of Nebraska Press, 2024).

A recipient of the 2025 Oskar Halecki Award and a finalist for the 2025 Sybil Halpern Milton Memorial Book Prize, the book challenges the idea of Treblinka as an isolated site, revealing a broader network of witnesses and how widely its realities were known. Drawing on testimonies and sensory accounts from Jewish, German, and Polish witnesses, Flaws reframes Treblinka—offering a reassessment of what it means to see, know, and remember. He holds a Ph.D. in history from the University of Colorado Boulder and has published widely on Holocaust memory.

This event is presented in partnership with the Holocaust Resource Center at Kean University and the Allen and Joan Bildner Center for the Study of Jewish Life at Rutgers University. Attend in person or online.

This event is presented in conjunction with Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s International Summer Study Trip (July 6–18, 2026), including the Poland Holocaust Study component (July 13–18) directed by Dr. Charles Rix, featuring a visit to Treblinka and engagement with leading scholars, including Dr. Flaws. Learn more