Nechama Tec

Nechama Tec
BornNechama Bawnik
(1931-05-15)15 May 1931
Lublin, Poland
Died3 August 2023(2023-08-03) (aged 92)
New York City, New York, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Alma materColumbia University
SpouseLeon Tec (m.1919–2013; his death)

Nechama Tec (née Bawnik, 15 May 1931 – 3 August 2023) was a Polish-American historian who was Professor Emerita of Sociology at the University of Connecticut.[1] She received her Ph.D. in sociology at Columbia University, where she studied and worked with the sociologist Daniel Bell, and was a Holocaust scholar. Her book When Light Pierced the Darkness (1986) and her memoir Dry Tears: The Story of a Lost Childhood (1984) both received the Merit of Distinction Award from the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith. She is also the author of the book Defiance: The Bielski Partisans on which the film Defiance (2008) is based, as well as a study of women in the Holocaust. She was awarded the 1994 International Anne Frank Special Recognition prize for it.[2]

  1. ^ "Stamford Campus Directory: Tec, Nechama". University of Connecticut. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  2. ^ Patterson, David; Berger, Alan L.; Cargas, Sarita, eds. (2002). Encyclopedia of Holocaust Literature. Oryx Holocaust Series. Greenwood. p. 195. ISBN 978-1573562577. Retrieved 18 April 2015.