the man who salvaged French Jewish history in the wake of the Holocaust /
First Statement of Responsibility
Lisa Moses Leff
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xii, 286 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations ;
Dimensions
24 cm
SERIES
Series Title
The Oxford series on history and archives
GENERAL NOTES
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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
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-273) and index
CONTENTS NOTE
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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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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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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
PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Szajkowski, Zosa,1911-1978
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
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