Bio - Karen Franklin

Karen Franklin is the director of family research at the Leo Baeck Institute, chair of the Memorial Museums Committee of ICOM (the International Council of Museums) and president of the Obermayer German Jewish History Awards.  She is Co-chair of the Board of Governors of JewishGen, a past president of the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies, and has been an active leader, lecturer, and author in the field of museums, genealogy and looted art. 

Karen is a world renowned expert on German Jewish Genealogy. She has also given presentations illustrating “how to” sessions with southern (American Jewish) families.  Families from Alabama, Mississippi, and South Carolina are among those she has researched. Recently, she lectured in France, Germany, Austria, Colorado and Los Angeles (on other topics). Past subjects have included: Josephine Marcus (common-law wife of Wyatt Earp).

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