BERGEN, Doris - University of Toronto
Doris Bergen is an internationally recognized Holocaust historian. Using an integrative approach, viewing the Holocaust and war as intertwined and considering Jews and non-Jews as victims, she reveals the dynamic contagion of extreme violence. Her innovations established Christianity as a key component of Nazi antisemitism; defined the importance of ethnic Germans in Eastern Europe to anti-Jewish policies; and demonstrated the significance of gender and sexuality in the Holocaust.