Sybil Milton
Sybil Halpern Milton | |
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| Born | October 6, 1941 |
| Died | October 16, 2000(aged 59) |
| Occupation | Historian |
Sybil Halpern Milton(October 6, 1941 – October 16, 2000) was an American historian. She specialized in the study of the Holocaust. She was the senior resident historian at theUnited States Holocaust Memorial Museumfrom 1989 to 1997.[1][2][3]
Early life and education
[edit]Milton was born in New York City in 1941. Her parents were Austrian Jewish refugees who fled Austria after the Nazi takeover.[1]
She graduated from the High School of Music and Art. In 1962, she received a BA fromBarnard College,a MA in 1963, and a doctorate fromStanford Universityin modern German history in 1971.[1]
Career
[edit]Milton taught German history atStanford Universityand other institutions. From 1974 to 1984, she was the director of archives at theLeo Baeck Institutein New York. She then became a consultant to theHolocaust Memorial Council.[1]
Milton was vice president of theIndependent Commission of Experts,which examined Swiss policies toward the Nazis and Jews during the Holocaust. Milton herself studied the relationship between Swiss banks and Jewish assets held by the Nazis such as artworks and precious metals.[1]
According toMenachem Z. Rosensaft,of the executive committee of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council, she was “a pioneer in studying the memorials and archives of the Nazi death camps throughout Europe.”[1]
Personal life
[edit]Milton was married to historianHenry Friedlander.[1]
She died ofnon-Hodgkin's lymphomaat the age of 59 on October 16, 2000, at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland.[1]
Awards and honors
[edit]Milton's 1981 book Art of the Holocaust won theNational Jewish Book Awardin Visual Arts.[3]
TheGerman Studies Associationcreated the Sybil Halpern Milton Memorial Book Prize after Milton’s death. The prize of $1,000 is awarded in odd numbered years to the author of the best book on Nazi Germany and the Holocaust in any academic field.[4]
Books
[edit]- withJanet Blatter:Art of the Holocaust(Book Club Associates, 1982)
- The Art of Jewish children, Germany, 1936–1941: innocence and persecution(Philosophical Library, 1989)
References
[edit]- ^abcdefghHonan, William H. (October 24, 2000)."Sybil Milton, 59, Scholar of Nazis and Holocaust".The New York Times– via NYTimes.
- ^Chu, Jolene (November 1, 2001)."Sybil Halpern Milton, 1941‐2000".Journal of Genocide Research.3(3): 347–348.doi:10.1080/14623520120097170.S2CID71180612– via Taylor and Francis+NEJM.
- ^abhttps:// cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/643785EF72E941483F39E53440C8F63B/S0008938900005203a.pdf/sybil-halpern-milton-1941-2000.pdf
- ^"sybil halpern milton memorial book prize | German Studies Association".thegsa.org.
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