Robin O'Neil

Robin O'Neil
Robin O'Neil
	Cover of The Rabka Four: A Warning from History by Robin O'Neil Cover of The Rabka Four: A Warning from History by Robin O'Neil
Occupation	Historian, author
Notable works	The Rabka Four (2011); Belzec: Stepping Stone to Genocide (2009)

Robin O'Neil is a Holocaust researcher and author. After a career as the British major crimes' investigator who worked on criminal investigations for Scotland Yard, the Metropolitan Police Service, and London Home Counties Police, he obtained his Masters and Doctorate with the Hebrew and Jewish Department at University College London. He now specialises in researching Nazi war crimes and the destruction of the European Jewish communities (1933–1945).^[1]

Biography

Robin O'Neil has pursued his work to the Baltic States and former USSR. He has launched a number of investigations into the perpetrators of the Holocaust, particularly those active in Lithuania and occupied Poland during World War II. He has conducted research regarding the Schutzstaffel (SS) and extermination camp commandants of Belzec, Sobibor, and Treblinka.^[2]

O'Neil has conducted extensive research source into the Oskar Schindler story. A historical consultant to several TV documentaries and radio broadcasts in the UK and abroad, he is an honoured guest of Schindler's home town, Svitavy, Czech Republic, and is a regular lecturer at universities in the United Kingdom, United States, Israel, and Eastern Europe. In his spare time he conducts research into the House of Habsburg and Shakespeare's England. He is currently engaged in researching a new book about the Gustav Mahler family under the Third Reich.^[1]

Publications

1998: East European Jewish Affairs Vol. 28, 49: "Belzec: The 'Forgotten' Death Camp"
1999: East European Jewish Affairs Vol. 29, 85: A Reassessment of the Number of Victims Belzec
2008: Oskar Schindler: Stepping Stone To Life. Jewish Heritage Committee, New York
2009: Belzec: Stepping Stone to Genocide. Museum of Jewish Heritage, New York
2010: The Rabka Four
Forthcoming: The Mahler Family Legacy Under the Third Reich

E-book publications

Other work

Educational establishments and Synagogues, UK. Other Aspects 2000
Belzec Archaeology lecture: University of Leicester 2006
The Elchanan and Miriam Elkes Memorial Lecture "Stepping Stones to Genocide: Aktion Reinhardt and the Holocaust"
Holocaust Education: Co-founder, Historical Consultant and contributor to www.holocaustresearchproject.org
Consultant and participant on documentary film and television projects in Israel, Germany, the United States, and the United Kingdom
1998–2000: Archaeology. Seconded to the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń (Poland) archaeological survey on the site of Belzec Death Camp

References

^ ^a ^b Steve Farrar (1 September 2000), "A detective who retraced steps on the road to hell". Times Higher Education. TES Global. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
^ L.A. (14 Jun 2009). "Biography of the Author". A Reassessment: Resettlement Transports to Belzec, March-December 1942 by Robin O'Neil. JewishGen, the Yizkor Book Project. Retrieved 13 May 2015. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)

Amazon (2015), Books : "Robin O'Neil". Search results. Retrieved 13 May 2015.

[Farrar-1] Steve Farrar (1 September 2000), "A detective who retraced steps on the road to hell". Times Higher Education. TES Global. Retrieved 13 May 2015.

[jewishgen-2] L.A. (14 Jun 2009). "Biography of the Author". A Reassessment: Resettlement Transports to Belzec, March-December 1942 by Robin O'Neil. JewishGen, the Yizkor Book Project. Retrieved 13 May 2015. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)

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