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Dr. Anna Ullrich

Director, International Academic Programs
Areas of Expertise
  • German-Jewish History

  • Jewish responses to antisemitism in pre-war Germany

  • Developments and trends in the field of Holocaust research

Contact Information

Email aullrich@ushmm.org

Media contact Raymund Flandez, Senior Communications Officer, 202.314.1772, rflandez@ushmm.org

Dr. Anna Ullrich joined the Mandel Center in 2024 as the director of International Academic Programs. Together with her team, she is promoting the vitality of international research in the field of Holocaust Studies through research workshops, international conferences, and programs supporting scholars and scholarship in Ukraine.

The research of Dr. Ullrich focuses on German Jewish associations during the interwar period as well as German Jewish experiences of antisemitism in the prewar years.

Previously, Dr. Ullrich was a research associate at the Center for Holocaust Studies at the Leibniz Institute for Contemporary History in Munich where she served as a program manager and led several projects for the European Holocaust Research Infrastructure (EHRI). These included organizing and overseeing the implementation of EHRI’s fellowship program, methodological seminars and online courses, and establishing a sustainable research strategy based on trends and challenges in the field of Holocaust research. 

Education

  • PhD, history, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany, 2016

  • MA, history, political science and media studies, University of Trier, Germany, 2012

Languages

  • German

  • English

Publications

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