Introductory Chapter to TEHRAN CHILDREN
I’d like to share with you the first chapter, and WW. Norton said it is OK:) Tehran_Children_Mikhal_Dekel_Intro
Finalist for the National Jewish Book Awards
At the National Jewish Book Awards, the longest-running and most prestigious North American awards program of its kind, Tehran Children is named Finalist in the category of Writing Based on Archival Material.
Could What I Learned of My Father’s Catastrophe Be Useful to Me Now?
by Mikhal Dekel On September 6, 1939, my then twelve-year old father, alongside eleven members of his family, escaped from their hometown in eastern Poland towards the Soviet border. They knew the Wehrmacht was coming. They knew Nazi ideology targeted … Continued
Next talk at CCNY: migrations & pilgrimages
Looking forward to this conversation with my friend and colleague Lale Can about migrations and pilgrimages in Central Asia & the Middle East. THURSDAY MARCH 19th 5:00 pm CCNY Rifkind Center, in conversation with Lale Can 160 Convent Ave, New … Continued
How the JDC aided Jewish Refugees in Iran
This month, the JDC published a review of Tehran Children on their Archives blog, focusing on the role that the JDC played in the lives of refugees like my father in the USSR, Iran, India and Palestine. The JDC, formally … Continued
Upcoming talk at Yale
Book event Wed. Feb. 12: Tehran Children: Poles & Jews in the USSR & the Middle East, 1939-1947 Wednesday, February 12, 2020 – 5:30pm Whitney Humanities Center 208 53 Wall Street New Haven, CT 06511 https://ypsa.yale.edu/event/tehran-children-poles-jews-ussr-middle-east-1939-1947
Messages from readers
Everyday now I get versions of this email. How cool is it for an academic to be thanked for her research 🙏. Prof. Dekel, I want to thank you for this book… My grandfather was one of the Tehran … Continued
Review in the Methodist Recorder
The Methodist Recorder is an independent weekly newspaper published in the U.K. Their review of Tehran Children came out last week. This book is an important part of Holocaust history. A tragic story, full of sadness and suffering yet also … Continued
For Child Refugees, Seeking Historical Answers to Psychological Questions
This week, I spoke with BBC World Service correspondent Celia Hatton about Tehran Children, and we discussed the realities of life as a child refugee historically and today. Here is that segment of the show: In my book I … Continued
The Guardian newspaper reviews ‘Tehran Children’
This full-page review appeared in The Guardian’s New Review section: What makes Dekel’s study so valuable is not just its assiduous detailing of one family’s fate during the second world war, but how it also makes us reflect on … Continued