the man who salvaged French Jewish history in the wake of the Holocaust /
Lisa Moses Leff
xii, 286 pages :
illustrations ;
24 cm
The Oxford series on history and archives
"In the aftermath of the Holocaust, Jewish historian Zosa Szajkowski stole tens of thousands of documents from France and sold them to libraries in the United States. To understand why he did it, Leff takes us "backstage" at the archives and reveals the powerful ideological, economic, and scientific forces that made Holocaust-era Jewish scholars care more deeply than ever before about preserving the remnants of their past"--Provided by the publisher
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-273) and index
Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Szajkowski's Passon -- 2. A Usable Past -- 3. A Salvage Operation -- 4. The Parachutist -- 5. Partisans of the Exodus -- 6. The Fact Collector -- 7. French Losses -- 8. The Buyers -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
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"In the aftermath of the Holocaust, Jewish historian Zosa Szajkowski stole tens of thousands of documents from France and sold them to libraries in the United States. To understand why he did it, Leff takes us "backstage" at the archives and reveals the powerful ideological, economic, and scientific forces that made Holocaust-era Jewish scholars care more deeply than ever before about preserving the remnants of their past"--Provided by the publisher
Szajkowski, Zosa,1911-1978
Archival materials-- France-- Strasbourg
Jewish historians, Biography
Jews-- Europe-- History-- Archival resources
Jews-- France-- Strasbourg-- Archival resources
Manuscripts-- Mutilation, defacement, etc.-- France-- Strasbourg-- History-- 20th century
Theft-- France-- Strasbourg-- History-- 20th century