Monica Bohm-Duchen is an independent, London-based art historian, curator and writer. She is the author of numerous books, catalogues and articles, including Art and the Second World War (Lund Humphries 2013), The Art and Life of Josef Herman (Lund Humphries 2009), Rubies and Rebels: Jewish Female Identity in Contemporary British Art (Lund Humphries 1996 - contributing editor) and After Auschwitz: Responses to the Holocaust in Contemporary Art (Lund Humphries 1995 - contributing editor).