Team

Svenja Pilger

doctoral researcher

Holocaust Studies, Jewish History and Contemporary Jewry, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Academic CV

Studied History and German at Leibniz University Hannover and obtained a Master’s degree in Education. From 2022 to 2023, she studied Jewish History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, supported by a PROMOS scholarship. She gained further research experience through internships at the Bukovina Institute at the University of Augsburg (2022) and the German Historical Institute Warsaw (2024), where she contributed to projects on Jewish cultural heritage and transnational historical research. In her Master’s thesis, she analyzed the political, social, and economic factors influencing the development of the Zionist movement in Bukovina during the interwar period.

Her research focuses on modern East-Central European history, with particular emphasis on Jewish history, the history of Zionism, post-socialist memory, and the reconstruction of identity.

Research Interests

  • Modern East-Central European History
  • Jewish History in Poland
  • History of Zionism and Jewish National Movements
  • Heritage, Memory and Identity in Post-Socialist Contexts

Research Project

  • Between Ruins and Revival – Jewish Identity and Material Heritage in Post-Communist Poland

Publications