On the roots of his career as a Holocaust scholar

(6:13 min)

On his employment with the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum as it was being developed, which he calls “the opportunity of my life”

(2:46 min)

About books, writing, film, and museums as storytelling tools

(1:55 min)

On how his children have been an antidote to the emotional toll of being a Holocaust scholar

(4:20 min)

Berenbaum calls the Holocaust, “the definitive event of twentieth century humanity” and says “we have to learn from that”

(3:16 min)

On the political will to combat genocide versus the political will to commit genocide

(1:34 min)

“My Way to the Holocaust”

About the background and evolution of Berenbaum’s career. From Voices of Scholars, ed. Jolanta Ambrosewicz-Jacobs (Jagiellonian University Centre for Holocaust Studies, 2009)

After Tragedy and Triumph: Essays in Modern Jewish Thought and the American Experience

(Cambridge University Press, 2009)

Not Your Father's Antisemitism: Hatred of the Jews in the 21st Century

(Paragon House, 2008)

The World Must Know: The History of the Holocaust as Told in the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

(The Johns Hopkins University Press, revised edition, 2005)

A Promise to Remember: The Holocaust in the Words and Voices of Its Survivors

(Bulfinch Press, 2003)

(editor) The Holocaust and History: The Known, the Unknown, the Disputed, and the Reexamined

(Indiana University Press, 2002)

Witness to the Holocaust

(William Morrow, 1997)

The Berenbaum Group

The Berenbaum Group is a consulting company specializing in the conceptual design of museums and the development of historical films, specifically those relating to the Jewish experience and histories of persecution and genocide. The website contains a wealth of information, including descriptions of current and past projects and a blog.

Sigi Ziering Institute: Exploring the Ethical and Religious Implications of the Holocaust

Berenbaum is director of the Sigi Ziering Institute at the American Jewish University, a think tank committed to exploring the ethical and religious implications of the Holocaust.

American Jewish University

Berenbaum has been a Judaic Studies professor at the American Jewish University since 2002.

Encyclopaedia Judaica

Berenbaum was executive editor of the second edition of the twenty-two-volume Encyclopaedia Judaica (the first edition was published in 1972; the second edition came out in 2006).

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

As project director of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum from 1988-1993, Berenbaum oversaw the development of the museum (dedicated in 1993). He later became the first director of its Research Institute.

The Memorial Museum to Macedonia Jewry in Skopje, Macedonia (2011)

The Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center in Skokie, Ill. (2009)

The Belzec Memorial at the site of the death camp (2004)

Museo Memoria y Tolerancia in Mexico City

National Museum of American Jewish History (2011)

Swimming in Auschwitz: Survival Stories of Six Women (2009)

Broadcast on PBS

About Face (2007)

German Jewish refugees who fought for the Allies During World War II

Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust (2004)

Broadcast on the BBC in England and on AMC in the United States

Desperate Hours (2004)

On the Holocaust in Turkey, broadcast on PBS

Conspiracy (2001)

Produced by HBO and the BBC, winner of two Emmy Awards and a Golden Globes Award

The Holocaust: The Untold Story (2001)

Premiered on The History Channel and won the CINE Golden Eagle Award and a Silver Screen Award at the US International Film and Video Festival

The Last Days (1998)

Produced by the Shoah Foundation which won an Academy Award for the best feature length documentary of 1998