Peter Hayes is pro­fes­sor of his­to­ry and Ger­man and Theodore Zev Weiss Holo­caust Edu­ca­tion­al Foun­da­tion Pro­fes­sor of Holo­caust Stud­ies Emer­i­tus at North­west­ern Uni­ver­si­ty and chair of the Aca­d­e­m­ic Com­mit­tee of the Unit­ed States Holo­caust Memo­r­i­al Museum.