About Natasha Margulis

As an historian and an archivist, I can appreciate both sides of the story. I am trained in European history, genocide studies - especially the Holocaust and the Balkans, and Archives and Library Information sciences.
Natasha Margulis has a PhD in European History and an MLIS in Archives & Information Sciences. Her current research and publication topics are 1) crowdsourcing descriptive metadata and 2) German archivists and the Third Reich.

NBN Episodes hosted by Natasha:

Carolyn J. Dean, "The Moral Witness: Trials and Testimony after Genocide" (Cornell UP, 2019)

September 7, 2020

The Moral Witness

Carolyn J. Dean
Hosted by Natasha Margulis

The Moral Witness: Trials and Testimony after Genocide (Cornell University Press, 2019) is the first cultural history of the "witness to genocide" in …

Kathy Peiss, "Information Hunters" (Oxford UP, 2019)

March 4, 2020

Information Hunters

Kathy Peiss
Hosted by Natasha Margulis

While armies have seized enemy records and rare texts as booty throughout history, it was only during World War II that an unlikely band of librarians…

Alex J. Kay and David Stahel, "Mass Violence in Nazi-Occupied Europe" (Indiana UP, 2018)

February 11, 2020

Mass Violence in Nazi-Occupied Europe

Alex J. Kay and David Stahel
Hosted by Natasha Margulis

Alex J. Kay (senior lecturer in History at the University of Potsdam) and David Stahel (senior lecturer in History at the University of New South Wale…

Claudia Moscovici, "Holocaust Memories: A Survey of Holocaust Memoirs, Histories, Novels, and Films" (Hamilton, 2019)

December 2, 2019

Holocaust Memories

Claudia Moscovici
Hosted by Natasha Margulis

Claudia Moscovici’s recent book, Holocaust Memories: A Survey of Holocaust Memoirs, Histories, Novels, and Films (Hamilton Books, 2019), is intended f…

Vladimir Dzuro, "The Investigator: Demons of the Balkan War" (U Nebraska Press, 2019)

October 22, 2019

The Investigator

Vladimir Dzuro
Hosted by Natasha Margulis

In his new book, The Investigator: Demons of the Balkan War (University of Nebraska Press, 2019), Vladimir Dzuro, a retired Czech police commissioner,…

Christopher E. Mauriello, "Forced Confrontation: The Politics of Dead Bodies in Germany at the End of World War II" (Lexington Books, 2017)

September 25, 2019

Forced Confrontation

Christopher E. Mauriello
Hosted by Natasha Margulis

Christopher Mauriello’s groundbreaking book Forced Confrontation: The Politics of Dead Bodies in Germany at the End of World War II (Lexington Books, …

Alex J. Kay, "The Making of an SS Killer: the Life of Colonel Alfred Filbert, 1905-1990" (Cambridge UP, 2016)

September 16, 2019

The Making of an SS Killer

Alex J. Kay
Hosted by Natasha Margulis

Alex Kay’s The Making of an SS Killer: the Life of Colonel Alfred Filbert, 1905-1990 (Cambridge University Press, 2016) is a must read for those inter…

James W. Pardew, "Peacemakers: American Leadership and the End of Genocide in the Balkans" (UP of Kentucky, 2017)

July 19, 2019

Peacemaker

James W. Pardew
Hosted by Natasha Margulis

In his book Peacemakers: American Leadership and the End of Genocide in the Balkans (University of Kentucky Press, 2017), Ambassador James W. Pardew d…

Carolyn J. Dean, "The Moral Witness: Trials and Testimony after Genocide" (Cornell UP, 2019)

June 19, 2019

The Moral Witness

Carolyn J. Dean
Hosted by Natasha Margulis

Carolyn J. Dean’s The Moral Witness: Trials and Testimony after Genocide (Cornell University Press, 2019) examines the cultural history of the idea of…