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Abstract: Englander’s doctoral thesis investigates how Swedish Jews responded to the Holocaust in the early postwar period (1945–1967) by analyzing debates in the Swedish-Jewish press. It explores how contemporary writers articulated what they regarded as just and appropriate responses to the Holocaust and examines the factors that shaped their views. The study also considers how these responses contributed to the formation of Holocaust memory in Sweden. The analysis focuses on press coverage of key historical events that played a central role in shaping Holocaust memory, with particular emphasis on themes such as recovery and rebuilding, restitution and compensation, and the trials of Holocaust perpetrators.

Bio: Julia Englander received her PhD in History from Stockholm University in 2024 with the doctoral thesis Navigating Injustice: Responses to the Holocaust in the Swedish-Jewish Press, 1945–1967. Her research focuses on Holocaust memory and responses to antisemitism in postwar Europe. She has also authored reports for the Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention on antisemitic hate crimes and for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on initiatives supporting refugee community development. She has been a visiting researcher at Harvard University, the University of Oxford, Charles University in Prague, and the NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies in Amsterdam.