I am a legal historian focused on the intersection obetween law and the Holocaust. My major research project concerns with the legal context of Jewish displaced persons in Germany.
Publications:
Books
Brot, R. (2019). In the Gray Zone: The Jewish Kapo on Trial. Lamda-The Open University of Israel, Ben Gurion University. 468 pages.
For the book (in Hebrew) click here.
Articles
Brot, R. (2022). Everyday justice: Legal aid for Jewish displaced persons, Germany, 1945–1950. Holocaust and Genocide Studies, 36(2), 224–241. For the full article click here. https://doi.org/10.1093/hgs/dcac021
Brot, R. (2020). The illusive collective memory: Revisiting the role of law in Israel's Holocaust narrative. Journal of Israeli History. For the full article click here.
Brot, R. (2020). Yechiam Weitz book review. Yalkut Moreshet, 455. For the full review click here.
Brot, R. (2017). Conflicting jurisdictions: The struggle of the Jews in the displaced persons camps for legal autonomy. Dapim: Studies on the Holocaust. For the full article click here.