Randolph L. Braham | |
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| Born | Adolf Ábrahám December 20, 1922 |
| Died | November 25, 2018 (aged 95) New York City, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | The City College of New York |
| Alma mater | The New School for Social Research |
| Known for | Specialist in comparative politics and Holocaust studies |
| Awards | Jewish 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 | |
| Fields | History and political science |
| Institutions | City 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]
- ^ a b Smith, Harrison (27 November 2018). "Randolph L. Braham, Leading Historian of the Holocaust in Hungary, Dies at 95". The Washington Post.
- ^ 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.