Joanne Intrator
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Joanne Intrator's life has been shaped by being the daughter of German Jewish refugees. Since childhood, she pondered why people perpetrate atrocities on their fellow human beings. After studying European history at Connecticut College, she received an MD from Columbia University and became a psychiatrist. She did a fellowship in Psychiatry and Law at Albert Einstein. Mentored by Dr. Robert Hare, she spearheaded the first brain imaging research on well-defined psychopaths, published in The Journal of Biological Psychiatry.
Following her father's death in 1993, she took it upon herself to fight for the restitution of a building in Berlin. Her journey has been the subject of news articles, television interviews, museum exhibits, and her memoir Summons to Berlin: Nazi Theft and a Daughter's Quest for Justice, published by She Writes Press in 2023 and distributed by Simon & Schuster. Joanne practices psychiatry in New York City. She has written for The Journal for The Study of Antisemitism, Ästhetik & Kommunikation (Berlin), Women Writers. Women('s) Books, and she writes a blog on film and psychopathy for Psychology Today.
Website: https://joanneintrator.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/joanne.intrator.7
Winning Entry: Summons to Berlin
Contest Won: North Street Book Prize 2025, Honorable Mention
