J. Otto Pohl

Jonathan Otto Pohl (born 1970) is an American historian who formerly worked for the American University of Iraq, Sulaimani, the University of Ghana, and American University of Central Asia. He has a PhD in history from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. Pohl's works are primarily focused on ethnic cleansing in the Soviet Union; he has written several books on the subject, including The Stalinist Penal System (1997), Ethnic Cleansing in the USSR, 1937-1949 (1999), and The Years of Great Silence (2022).