Prof. Dr. Susanne Bennewitz has been Professor of Social and Cultural Sciences at the Faculty of Design at Trier University of Applied Sciences since 2018, following previous positions in Heidelberg and Basel. Earlier, she worked both academically and as a freelancer for publishers, museums, and companies, drawing on her academic background in literary studies, computer science, and Jewish studies (Free University of Berlin), as well as her doctoral research on Jewish urban society in Basel in the 19th century (University of Basel). Her publication, Ein Zimmer in den Tropen. Briefe aus dem Exil in Guatemala (1937–1940) (A Room in the Tropics: Letters from Exile in Guatemala (1937–1940)), Berlin: Hentrich & Hentrich, 2013, combines a source edition with contextualizing essays.