Ruthie Research Scholar Lecture

Alexandra McCarthy, a Ph.D candidate in Genocide and Holocaust Studies at Gratz College in Melrose Park, Pennsylvania will deliver the second annual Ruthie Research Scholar Lecture. Her presentation will discuss depictions of sexual violence in the art of Ravensbrück and Auschwitz survivors, including brief overviews of the artists’ experiences, backgrounds and artistic life prior to and after the Holocaust. She will also explore why considering art as a form of testimony is important in thinking about women’s testimonies.

This program will be held via Zoom.

Ruthie Abend Krigel Tivol was born in Dubienka, Poland in 1929. In December 1938, Ruthie, her sister, and mother joined her father who had immigrated to Kansas City several years earlier. Ruthie always understood how fortunate her family was to escape WWII and the Holocaust. She never forgot those who were left behind.

As an ardent supporter of MCHE, Ruthie created a legacy — including the Ruthie Tivol Graduate Research Fund which supports scholars conducting graduate research on the Holocaust or a related subject.