RUTH JOLANDA WEINBERGER
New York, NY • Neusiedl bei Pernitz, Niederösterreich
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ROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCEConference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany
, New York, NY and Vienna, Austria, 2000 - presentHistorian, Pharmacological Procedures in Auschwitz Project, 2018 - present
Research and analyze data from the Claims Conference-administered Fund for Victims of Medical Experiments and from other archival resources. Develop the historical record of pharmacological procedures conducted on female inmates in Auschwitz and Ravensbrück. Compiled, in conjunction with Paul Weindling of Oxford Brookes University, the authoritative list of known Auschwitz and Ravensbrück medical experiment victims.
Historian, Looted Cultural and Religious Property Project, 2004 - present
Research art and Judaica looted across Europe, including analysis of the records of the Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg unit responsible for the looting of art, books and Judaica. Prepare reports and presentations on the state of looted art and Judaica in Europe and in North and South America. Review and update the Claims Conference’s looted art web presence, https://www.art.claimscon.org
Assistant Director, Fund for Victims of Medical Experiments and Other Injuries, 2001 - 2004
Developed and authored a historical matrix by which all reparation claims for Nazi-era medical experiments were verified. Managed application processing, including interviewing surviving victims of medical experiments. Conducted historical research and application analysis. Conducted claim verification negotiations with the German Foundation in Frankfurt. Participated in conference of subject experts on Nazi medical experiments in Berlin.
Research Coordinator, Austrian Representative to the International Steering Committee, 2000 - 2001
Conducted historical research into aryanized Jewish property. Monitored and analyzed press material.
University of Vienna, Ludwig Boltzmann Institute, Vienna, Austria, 2005 - 2006
Scientific Researcher, Medical Experiments Project
Conducted research on Nazi-era fertility experiments in Auschwitz-Birkenau. Interviewed survivors of fertility experiments, analyzed postwar trials of doctors involved in medical experiments, and carried out archival research in Austria, Germany, Israel and the United States. Produced final report, "My Emotional Suffering is Immeasurable: Fertility Experiments and Their Victims in Auschwitz-Birkenau" (2006).
National Fund of the Republic of Austria for Victims of National Socialism, Vienna, Austria, 2000
Translator and Editor
Translated between English and German, conducted English correspondence, and archived documents. Assisted in Lebensgeschichten (Life Stories) project.
Mauerbach Fund- Viennese Jewish Community, Vienna, Austria, 1999 - 2000
Archivist
Processed data from the deportation list of the Documentation Center of Austrian Resistance.
Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach LLP, New York, NY, 1999
Translator
Translated between English and German, interviewed survivors concerning compensation payments.
EDUCATION
University of Vienna
, Vienna, Austria, 2007Doctor of Philosophy degree in contemporary history
Published dissertation: "Fertility Experiments in Auschwitz-Birkenau: The Perpetrators and Their Victims"
University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, 2000
Master of Arts degree in history
Thesis: "The Re-Presentation of the Holocaust in Austrian and American Film in the 1980s"
University of Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel, 1998
Overseas Student Program
University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, 1997
Bachelor of Arts degree in history
AWARDS
Theodor Körner Prize for scholarly research on fertility experiments in Auschwitz-Birkenau, 2006