Holocaust Studies. Hon research fellow of the Centre for Jewish Studies
Ion Popa, 'Critical Edition of Hans Frei Testimony (HVT 0170),' in Yale University's Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies (2021). Hans Frei was born in Germany in 1922 to Jewish parents who converted to Christianity. He emigrated with his family to the US in 1938. After the war he became a respected Professor of Religious Studies and, for a brief period (1983-1986), Chairman of the Department of Religious Studies at Yale University Divinity School. The critical edition consists of an introduction, which examines the testimony, especially the dilemmas posed by conversion and hybrid identities, and an annotated commentary of the interview's transcript.
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