Heroism of Jewish Women during the Holocaust

Andrea Petö, Professor for Gender Studies at the Central European
University, Vienna, talks with Lori Weintrob, Professor of
History and founding director of the Wagner College Holocaust
Center, Staten Island, New York, and Laura Morowitz, who is
currently researching issues of art in Nazi Vienna about the
different forms of Jewish women’s heroism. They discuss why it is
important to remember these heroines and what they mean for us
today.