Claudia Koonz received her B.A. from the University of Wisconsin at Madison, her M.A. from Columbia
University, and her Ph.D. from Rutgers University. She has taught at College of the Holy Cross, and since 1988
at Duke University. Claudia Koonz's interests are in twentieth-century German history, women's history, and
genocide. She has received research support from the Rockefeller Foundation, the National Endowment for
the Humanities, the German-Marshall Fund, Duke University, the American Council for Learned Societies,
and the National Humanities Center. Her 1987 book Mothers in the Fatherland received several awards: it was a
finalist for the National Book Award non-fiction nomination; the Boston Globe-Winship Book of the Year
Award; the Berkshire Conference 1987 Book Award; the Jesuit Honor Society book of the year; and it was one
of the New York Times and Libération's (Paris) best 100 books of 1987 and 1990, respectively. She is the codirector
of the Duke Refugee Action Project as well as with summer and post graduate internship training in
Croatia, Central America, and other areas. In addition, she is the current president of the Berkshire Conference
for Women Historians.
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