Randolph L. Braham

Randolph L. Braham
Born
Adolf Ábrahám

(1922-12-20)December 20, 1922
DiedNovember 25, 2018(2018-11-25) (aged 95)
NationalityAmerican
EducationThe City College of New York
Alma materThe New School for Social Research
Known forSpecialist in comparative politics and Holocaust studies
AwardsJewish National Book Award (two times), Order of Merit Officer's Cross of the Hungarian Republic, Medium Cross of the Hungarian Republic (returned), Order of the Star of Romania (returned), Order of Cultural Merit of Romania, Pro Cultura Hungarica award
Scientific career
FieldsHistory and political science
InstitutionsCity College, The Graduate Center of The City University of New York

Randolph Lewis Braham (December 20, 1922 – November 25, 2018) was an American historian and political scientist, born in Romania, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the City College and The Graduate Center of the City University of New York. A specialist in comparative politics and the Holocaust, he was a founding board member of the academic committee of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM), Washington, D.C., and founded The Rosenthal Institute for Holocaust Studies at the Graduate Center in 1979.[1][2]

Braham's career was spent teaching comparative politics and Soviet studies at The City College of New York, where he chaired the political science department. He was the author or editor of over 60 books, authored or co-authored chapters in 50 others, and published a large number of scholarly articles. The vast majority of his published work deals with the Holocaust in Hungary. He became best known for his two-volume work The Politics of Genocide: The Holocaust in Hungary, first published in 1981.[1]

  1. ^ a b Smith, Harrison (27 November 2018). "Randolph L. Braham, Leading Historian of the Holocaust in Hungary, Dies at 95". The Washington Post.
  2. ^ Roberts, Sam (November 28, 2018). "Randolph Braham, 95, Holocaust Scholar Who Saw a Whitewash, Dies". The New York Times. Archived from the original on March 6, 2019. Retrieved December 1, 2018.