Rosie Whitehouse Explained

Rosie Whitehouse is a British historical researcher, journalist and author.

Biography

Whitehouse studied International History at the London School of Economics and took up a career at the BBC World Service.[1]

As a researcher, she has extensively documented the experience of Holocaust survivors in Europe in the aftermath of the Second World War.[2] [3] She has reported on remembrance efforts and assaults on Holocaust memory in Ukraine, Poland, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom.[4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

Her historical research and profiles of Holocaust Survivors have been published by The Observer, The Jewish Chronicle, BBC News and Tablet magazine.[9] [7] [5] [10] Meanwhile, her writing about British government policy toward victims after the Holocaust and contemporary British antisemitism has appeared in The Independent and Haaretz.[11] [12]

She has also participated in raising awareness of the Rwandan genocide as the publisher of survivor's testimonies.[13] [14]

Whitehouse is married to the journalist Tim Judah, and spent five years in the Balkans during the Yugoslav Wars with her family, which she documented in her memoir Are We There Yet.[15] Her writing engages with the topics of war trauma and support for post-conflict victims.[16] [17] She lives in West London with her husband.[18] The couple have five children, one of whom is the journalist Ben Judah.[19]

Selected works

See also

External links

Interviews

Notes and References

  1. Web site: OUR TEAM. The Judah Edition. en-GB. 2018-08-07.
  2. Web site: The law change is welcome and it’s time for damage limitation . PressReader. 2018-08-07.
  3. Web site: THE PEOPLE ON THE BEACH. The Judah Edition. en-GB. 2018-08-07.
  4. Web site: Thieves dig up mass graves in search for gold . PressReader. 2018-08-07.
  5. Web site: The monks, the Dachau survivors and the concert that heralded freedom. Whitehouse. Rosie. 2018-04-21. The Guardian. en. 2018-08-07.
  6. News: The first, forgotten Nazi death camp in Poland. The Jewish Chronicle. Whitehouse. Rosie. 24 June 2018. 7 August 2018.
  7. Web site: Hidden in an attic and secret kept for decades. The Jewish Chronicle. Whitehouse. Rosie. 3 June 2018. 7 August 2018.
  8. Web site: The forgotten hero of the hardest Passover. The Jewish Chronicle. Judah. Ben. Whitehouse. Rosie. 18 April 2017. 7 August 2018.
  9. Web site: Italy Seeks to Remember Sheltering Holocaust Survivors and Aiding Aliyah Bet – Tablet Magazine. Tablet. en. 7 August 2018.
  10. News: The 'Belsen boys' who moved to Ascot. 6 May 2018. BBC News. 7 August 2018. en-GB.
  11. Web site: Rosie Whitehouse. haaretz.com. 7 August 2018.
  12. News: Rosie Whitehouse. The Independent. 7 August 2018. en-GB.
  13. News: 15th Anniversary Commemoration - Survivors Fund. 2009-04-06. Survivors Fund. 2018-08-07. en-US.
  14. News: Reportage Press - Survivors Fund. 2009-11-10. Survivors Fund. 2018-08-07. en-US.
  15. Web site: European Stability Initiative - ESI. ESI. European Stability Initiative -. 2018-08-07. www.esiweb.org. en. 2018-08-07.
  16. Web site: Rosie Whitehouse on the effect TV coverage has on journalists reporting from war zones. Whitehouse . Rosie. 2007-06-11. The Guardian. 2018-08-07.
  17. News: Europe fails child refugees. ReliefWeb. 2018-08-07. en.
  18. Web site: Rosie Whitehouse Bradt Travel Guides. www.bradtguides.com. en. 2018-08-07.
  19. Book: Judah, Ben. Fragile Empire: How Russia Fell In and Out of Love with Vladimir Putin. 2013-06-18. Yale University Press. 978-0300181210. en.

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