Prof. Dr. Ruth Leiserowitz

Portrait of Ruth Leiserowitz

A distinguished German historian, she researches 19th–20th century Eastern European history as well as Jewish history in the Baltic-Polish region and former East Prussia. From 2009 to 2024 she served as Deputy Director of the German Historical Institute in Warsaw. Since April 2025, she has been a senior researcher at the Institute of Baltic Region History and Archaeology, Klaipėda University.