The Herbert Friedman Graduate Fund for Holocaust Studies was established in 2024 in memory of Holocaust survivor Herbert Friedman by his son Mark Friedman and other family members. The fund provides financial support to an outstanding graduate student whose work focuses on some aspect of the Holocaust.

Born in Vienna in 1924, Herbert Friedman was, at the age of 14, one of 10,000 children who were sent to England on the Kindertransport [the children’s transport] to escape Nazi persecution. He was later reunited with his parents and brother in the United States, where he served in the US Army and became a successful pharmacist. Click here to watch an interview with Mark Friedman discussing his father's life and his reasons for establishing this fund in his memory.

Announcing the 2024–25 Recipient 

We are pleased to announce the first recipient of the Herbert Friedman Graduate Fund for Holocaust Studies: English PhD Student Eyal Handelsman Katz, who is currently finishing his dissertation on multiethnic American fiction and prose. Click here to view his documentary, Słabe Jajko, about his grandmother, who was a Holocaust survivor. You can also listen to him speak about his work in Holocaust Studies here.

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