Jewish War Brides of World War II

In the ravages of post-World War II Europe, some Jewish women survivors of the Holocaust found the beginnings of a new life when they met – and married – American (and Canadian and British) men serving with the Allied forces. These women were part of a much larger group of war brides, who came to the United States in such large numbers that they required a change in immigration law, but these Jewish war brides faced additional challenges, from language barriers to the memory of the trauma they’d experienced to finding a community in their new home. Dr. Robin Judd , Associate Professor of History at the Ohio State University and author of Between Two Worlds: Jewish War Brides after the Holocaust , joins this episode to help us explore the story of these women. Our theme song is Frogs Legs Rag , composed by James Scott and performed by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under Creative Commons. The mid-episode music is “ Hava Nagila - Orchestra Clarinet ,” by JuliusH , available for use via the Pixabay content license . The episode image is “ Hanns Ann Alexander wedding 1946 ,” taken on May 19, 1946, and posted on Flickr by David Lisbona ; the image was adapted for use under CC BY 2.0 DEED . Add…