Author: IJHS

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Hannah Benchik is from South Bend, Indiana, and graduated from Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, with a Master of Library Science degree, where she specialized in Archives and Records Management as well as Rare Books and Manuscripts. She lived in Leipzig, Germany, for a year, where she worked at the German National Library. Last summer, she worked in the Germanic and Slavic Division of the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.

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Jewish Historical Society FINAL

Peter Rosenbluth joins us to discuss the lasting contributions of the Hoosier Jewish General Frederick Knefler and how he is part of the broader context of Jewish 48ers who volunteered to fight in the American Civil War in opposition to Slavery.