THE CENTER WELCOMES 2008-2009 CHARLES H. REVSON FOUNDATION FELLOW, MS. CORRY GUTTSTADT.

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December 17, 2008

Corry Guttstadt | Charles H. Revson Foundation Fellow In Residence

Bernhard Schmid talks to the Turkologist Corry Guttstadt about Turkey’s behaviour during the Holocaust. “Of the Turkish Jews who lived in Berlin, for example, many were expatriated in 1939 and then, as stateless individuals, were the first to be deported in 1941. It turned out to be particularly fatal that Ankara had carried out the expatriations, in Germany for example, with the cooperation of the local authorities. The Turkish consulate in Berlin asked the ‘Ausländerpolizei’ (foreigner police) to summon Turkish Jews and remove their passports.”
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Mavi Boncuk

Ms. Corry Guttstadt
Charles H. Revson Foundation Fellow
THE CENTER WELCOMES 2008-2009 CHARLES H. REVSON FOUNDATION FELLOW, MS. CORRY GUTTSTADT.

Corry Guttstadt is a Ph.D. candidate in history and Turkish studies at the University of Hamburg in Germany. She received an M.A. and a B.A. in Turkish studies from the same institution. For her Charles H. Revson Foundation Fellowship, Ms. Guttstadt will conduct research for her project “Turkey’s Policy towards Its Jews Living Abroad during the Holocaust.”

Ms. Guttstadt is the author of several publications, including Turkey, the Jews and the Holocaust (2008); “Depriving Non-Muslims of Citizenship as Part of the Turkification Policy in the Early Years of the Turkish Republic: The Case of Turkish Jews and Its Consequences during the Holocaust” in Turkey Beyond Nationalism- towards post-nationalist identities (2006); “Die Turkei ist frei von Antisemitismus order Der Mond ist eine Scheibe” [Turkey is Free of Jews, or The moon is a Disc] in KIGA: Padagogische Konzepte gegen Antisemitismus in der Einwanderergesellschaft (2006); and “Die antijudischen Ausschreitungen in Thrakien und Westturkei” [Anti-Jewish Violence in Thrace and Western Turkey] in INAMO (2004). In addition to English, Ms. Guttstadt is fluent in German, Turkish, and French and has knowledge of Spanish, Italian, Persian, Kurdish, and Ottoman.

During her tenure at the Center, Ms. Guttstadt will research the fate of Turkish Jews who were living abroad at the time of World War II, revealing Turkey’s inconsistent diplomatic position during the war. This subject has received little scholarly attention as most studies about Turkey during the Holocaust examine it as a destination of exile and as a transit country for East European Jews on their way to Palestine. Ms. Guttstadt will conduct research using the Museum’s library holdings and archival documents from the Foreign Office Archives and the Turkish Embassy in France, among others.

Ms. Corry Guttstadt will be in residence at the Center through April 30, 2009. She may be contacted via e-mail at [email protected].