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Title The archive thief : the man who salvaged French Jewish history in the wake of the Holocaust / Lisa Moses Leff.
Author Leff, Lisa Moses, author.
Publication Info. New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2015]
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Description xii, 286 pages ; 25 cm
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Note "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.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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
Subject Szajkowski, Zosa, 1911-1978.
Jews -- Europe -- History -- Archival resources.
Jews -- France -- Strasbourg -- Archival resources.
Archival materials -- France -- Strasbourg.
Theft -- France -- Strasbourg -- History -- 20th century.
Manuscripts -- Mutilation, defacement, etc. -- France -- Strasbourg -- History -- 20th century.
Jewish historians -- Biography.
Szajkowski, Zosa, 1911- (OCoLC)fst00032411
Archival materials. (OCoLC)fst00813991
Jewish historians. (OCoLC)fst00982793
Jews -- Archival resources. (OCoLC)fst00983141
Manuscripts -- Mutilation, defacement, etc. (OCoLC)fst01008252
Theft. (OCoLC)fst01149455
Europe. (OCoLC)fst01245064
France -- Strasbourg. (OCoLC)fst01205765
1900 - 1999
Genre Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN 9780199380954 alkaline paper : $26.95
0199380953 alkaline paper
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