Maria Ferenc

Dr. Maria Ferenc is a researcher specializing in Holocaust history, affiliated with the Taube Department of Jewish Studies at the University of Wrocław. She leads the National Science Center-funded grant “Mordechaj Anielewicz – Biography and Memory”. Her work focuses on the Warsaw Ghetto, Jewish resistance, and historical memory. Ferenc holds a PhD from the University of Warsaw’s Faculty of Sociology, where her dissertation on wartime news circulation in the Warsaw Ghetto won the Polityka Historical Award and a Yad Vashem distinction. She has coordinated projects like the English edition of the Ringelblum Archive and the Encyclopedia of the Warsaw Ghetto, co-editing three volumes of archival documents. Previously a curator at POLIN Museum (2010–2014), she has been with the Jewish Historical Institute since 2017.

• Awarded Polityka Scientific Award finalist (2023)
• Recipient of Yad Vashem, USHMM, and Fondation Memoire de la Shoah scholarships

Her research explores how information networks shaped survival strategies and collective memory in Holocaust contexts. Recent publications analyze Mordechaj Anielewicz’s legacy and the socio-demographic transformations in the Warsaw Ghetto. She actively contributes to preserving historical records through archival projects and academic编辑工作.