Elizabeth Hyman

How many times have you referred to yourself as a “pubic historian” without catching the typo for 84 years?

#publichistorians

ICE Nativity scenes: Churches reimagine Christmas story amid deportations (RNS) — 'We know that Jesus was born into a Roman imperial occupation, and pretty much immediately becomes a refugee in Egypt, has to flee and faces political violence,' the Rev. Michael Woolf said.

In Chicago, a Nativity scene features a zip-tied baby Jesus and Roman centurions in "ICE" vests.

Near Boston, Mary, Joseph, and Jesus are absent from a Nativity scene, replaced with a sign reading "ICE was here."

It's all part of growing religious blowback to ICE. religionnews.com/2025/12/05/i...

Tl;dr: historical context is the cheat sheet to making sense of primary sources. If I, or any scholar writing for the trade press, I narrated primary sources without context, it would be a flat, disconnected, and ultimately shallow read.

I’m not posting this to dig for compliments; I’m overjoyed at the general reception of my book. But I’m a public historian, and this is an ongoing reflection on my first real steps into the field as a potentially major player. Like, a case study on myself.

And that is my thread. 7/7

I’m gonna keep chipping away at it, but it’s more than a one woman job.

But also, sometimes you just gotta suck it up and learn without the narrative holding your hand? Idk. 6/

…(the most difficult, top heavy parts of the book, according to reviewers) were overly simple.

That tension between simplistic journalism over rigorous analysis, between what journalists have accustomed readers to and what academic historians demand, is not something I think will ever be solved. 5/

I’m not bitter; I’m reflecting on the tensions inherent in writing good, rigorous history for audiences accustomed to journalistic accounts of history. And on the other side of the coin, historians think big chunks of my book… 4/

If we draw a conclusion that is based less in the sources and more based in what we think readers want, we’re not writing history; we’re maybe writing creative non-fiction, but not history. 3/

feel like some journos are comfortable writing shit like “we can surmise that day to day life…” but historians can’t surmise that. We can only write what is in the sources. 2/

A theme I’m noticing in #GirlBandits reader reviews: readers want more character-based intimate story beats. I want to give them intimate character beats. But I can’t give them what isn’t in the sources. Especially in Holocaust sources, in which trauma deeply compromises memory. 1/

Some thoughts on the tensions between what journalists have trained the reading public to expect from trade history books, vs. what academically trained historians can and can’t deliver. 🧵 #publichistory

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Them: no politics at the table

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Thank you!!!

AMAZING!!

Made besties with a member of the waitstaff at my Miami hotel. His sister is an international supermodel, his grandpa is an Auschwitz survivor, and we both LOVE Carolina Herrera.

It frustrates the hell out of me that we have to be 45 before we get an ounce of career/financial security

In reversal, Coast Guard again classifies swastikas, nooses as hate symbols The new order came hours after The Post reported the service would instead classify such symbols as “potentially divisive” under guidelines set for release next month.

Cheers to the person who leaked the initial changes www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

breaking: my mother thinks i use too much cringey millennial slang on here. has no one told her that i am a cringey millennial? who also writes books?

THE HOLOCAUST: HISTORY & HEROES – NONFICTION - Miami Book Fair Jack El-Hai’s The Nazi and the Psychiatrist: Hermann Göring, Dr. Douglas M. Kelley, and a Fatal Meeting of Minds at the End of WWII chronicles the improbable relationship between fallen Reichsmarschal...

Come find me at the #MiamiBookFair this weekend, yall!

www.miamibookfair.com/event/the-ho...

The Girl Bandits of the Warsaw Ghetto AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA Holocaust historian, archivist, and history blogger adds a new dimension to the story of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising du...

My follower count keeps climbing, so, HEY Y’ALL!! My first book, The Girl Bandits of the Warsaw Ghetto, dropped on 10/14, and has been on the NYT Bestseller list (paperback nonfiction) ever since! Check her out:

www.harpercollins.com/products/the...

Oh dude it’s like 65. Hey yall.

Whoa like, 40 of you just started following me. Did something happen? Am I a Famous Writer?

I can't believe it's already been one month since you came into my life and changed it forever. I've never known true love like this, or felt so complete. Here's to you, and all the adventures yet to come.

GIRL BANDITS IS IN THE PRINT VERSION OF THE NYT BESTSELLER LIST TODAY I’M GONNA BUY 87

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Me at the airport (#GirlBandits tour)

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thank YOU, Marilyn 💗

Cover image of THE GIRL BANDITS OF THE WARSAW GHETTO By Elizabeth R. Hyman next to headshot of author

🎼Blasting symphonic metal
📖Embracing the ugly uncomfortable unflattering realities of history
📚 Librarians as cousin-level colleagues
It's all here in our #10Qs with @ehistorian.bsky.social, author of THE GIRL BANDITS OF THE WARSAW GHETTO (@librarylovefest.bsky.social). Read now: bit.ly/4nDSlFA

Paperback Nonfiction Books - Best Sellers - Books - The New York Times The New York Times Best Sellers are up-to-date and authoritative lists of the most popular books in the United States, based on sales in the past week, including fiction, non-fiction, paperbacks, chil...

On the NYT Bestseller list for the second week in a row, right after TIMOTHY SNYDER and BERNIE SANDERS. This is incredible omg.

www.nytimes.com/books/best-s...

I will be AWOL hold all my calls omg

Planning for my financial future as a bestselling author like “imma get the best health insurance plan!!!”

What a time to be alive.