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Caitlin Hollander

Caitlin Hollander

The Forgotten Protest

This is the story of the 1943 Rosenstraße protests, when the Nazi death machine was halted by the extraordinary yprotest of ordinary people

Apr 4, 2022

The Forgotten Protest

Apr 4, 2022

Caitlin Hollander

The Triangle Factory Fire, 110 Years On

Very rarely is a law enacted in anticipation of a disaster; they are almost always due to a tragedy that has already happened. Exit doors…

Mar 25, 2021

The Triangle Factory Fire, 110 Years On

Mar 25, 2021

Caitlin Hollander

The Boy with the Beautiful Grave

Last November, I participated in a cemetery indexing project in one of the sections of Mt. Zion Cemetery in Queens, New York that had…

Sep 14, 2020

The Boy with the Beautiful Grave

Sep 14, 2020

Caitlin Hollander

The Epidemic That Wasn’t

A historic viral threat faced by NYC — and how one man’s reaction changed everything. This is the little-known story of Dr. Israel…

Mar 21, 2020

The Epidemic That Wasn’t

Mar 21, 2020

Caitlin Hollander

Women From Nowhere

The right to citizenship? All about a little known era in which American women had no right to a nationality of their own.

Mar 11, 2020

Women From Nowhere

Mar 11, 2020

Caitlin Hollander

No, Your Ancestors’ Names Were Not Changed at Ellis Island

It is an accepted part of the early 20th century immigrant story that officials changed the names of immigrants. But none of that is true.

Oct 7, 2019

No, Your Ancestors’ Names Were Not Changed at Ellis Island

Oct 7, 2019

Caitlin Hollander

Caitlin Hollander

Caitlin Hollander is a NY-based genealogist specializing in Jewish genealogy, Holocaust documentation, and citizenship reclaimation.

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