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The Archive Thief : The Man Who Salvaged French Jewish History in the Wake of the Holocaust.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Oxford Series on History and ArchivesPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (305 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780199380961
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Archive ThiefDDC classification:
  • 940.53180720
LOC classification:
  • DS135.E83 -- .L36 2015eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- The Archive Thief -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Szajkowski's Passion -- 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.
Summary: 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.
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Cover -- The Archive Thief -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Szajkowski's Passion -- 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.

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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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