Dr Barnabas Balint is an historian of the Holocaust, specialising in the history of Jewish responses to persecution in Hungary and France. He completed his doctorate in History at Magdalen College, University of Oxford.
His current research focuses on the history of the Holocaust in Hungary and Hungarian Zionism during the Second World War.
Barnabas has a strong track record of academic publications and presentations, public engagement, and professional communications.
Contact me at barnabas.balint[at]outlook.com
Dr Barnabas Balint is an historian of the Holocaust, specialising in the history of Jewish responses to persecution in Hungary and France. He completed his doctorate in History at Magdalen College, University of Oxford. Before starting the DPhil, he completed an undergraduate degree in History at the University of Exeter in 2019, where he was awarded the Jean Henderson Prize for the Finalist with Best Academic Performance in European History, after which he read for a master’s at Oxford in 2020.
On 10-11 September 2025, I traveled to the House of the Wannsee Conference in Germany to present at a researchers workshop organised by the Yad Vashem Diana and Eli Zborowski Center for the Study of the Aftermath of the Holocaust and the House of the Wannsee Conference. Focused on Holocaust Survivor “Diasporas”, this research workshop…
Barnabas Balint is an historian of the Holocaust, specialising in the history of Jewish responses to persecution in Hungary and France. He completed his doctorate in History at Magdalen College, University of Oxford. Before starting the DPhil, he completed an undergraduate degree in History at the University of Exeter in 2019, where he was awarded…
Dr Barnabas Balint 