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BL
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624271
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Leff, Lisa Moses
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| Title & Author
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The archive thief : : the man who salvaged French Jewish history in the wake of the Holocaust /\ Lisa Moses Leff
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| Series Statement
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The Oxford series on history and archives
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xii, 286 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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9780199380954
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: 0199380953
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| 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
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-273) and index
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| Contents
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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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| 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
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Szajkowski, Zosa,1911-1978
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Jews-- Europe-- History-- Archival resources
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Jews-- France-- Strasbourg-- Archival resources
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Archival materials-- France-- Strasbourg
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Theft-- France-- Strasbourg-- History-- 20th century
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Manuscripts-- Mutilation, defacement, etc.-- France-- Strasbourg-- History-- 20th century
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| Subject
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Jewish historians, Biography
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| Dewey Classification
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940.53/1807202
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| LC Classification
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DS135.E83L36 2015
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