I love talking to groups, and I’ve heard that I’m pretty good at it. I would be happy to speak to your group, too. Here are some things you might need to know:
My Bio
Rebecca Erbelding is a historian of American responses to the Holocaust and the author of Rescue Board: The Untold Story of America’s Efforts to Save the Jews of Europe, published by Doubleday in 2018, which won the National Jewish Book Award for Writing Based on Archival Material. She served as a historical advisor and an on-camera expert in Florentine Films’ The U.S. and the Holocaust, directed by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick, and Sarah Botstein, which debuted on PBS in September 2022. She is an educator and historian at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and frequently presents on the War Refugee Board; US immigration policy during the 1930s; and the “Hoecker album,” a photograph album owned by Karl Hoecker, the final adjutant to the commandant of Auschwitz-Birkenau. Her work on the Hoecker album has been adapted into a theatrical production, Here There are Blueberries, written by Moisés Kaufman and Amanda Gronich, and developed by the Tectonic Theater Project. She holds a PhD in American History from George Mason University.
You can download my CV here.
How to Pronounce “Erbelding”
My last name is pronounced Uhr-BELL-ding.
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Fees and Honoraria
These are the typical fees I receive for presentations. However, if they do not work for you or your situation, please contact me and let’s see if we can work something out.
- Virtual presentation (1 hour): $350
- In-person presentation within 50 miles of Washington, DC (half-day trip): $500
- In-person presentation within 150 miles of Washington, DC (full-day trip): $1,000 plus travel/expenses
- Overnight trip: $2,000 plus travel/expenses
- University or corporate: Whatever you paid the last male scholar of similar status, plus travel/expenses
- Historical consulting: Determined by project