The Archive Thief
Lisa Moses. Leff
Bok Engelsk 2015 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Oxford : : Oxford University Press, , 2015.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (305 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - 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 gathered up tens of thousands of documents from Nazi buildings in Berlin, and later, public archives and private synagogues in France, and moved them all, illicitly, to New York. In The Archive Thief, Lisa Moses Leff reconstructs Szajkowski's story in all its ambiguity. Born into poverty in Russian Poland, Szajkowski first made his name in Paris as a communist journalist. In the late 1930s, as he saw the threats to Jewish safety rising in Europe, he broke with the party and committed himself to defending his people in a new wa
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| Emner | Szajkowski, Zosa, , 1911-1978
Archival materials - France - Strasbourg. Jewish historians Jews - History - Archival resources. - Europe Vis mer... Jews - Archival resources. - France - Strasbourg
Manuscripts. Theft - History - France - Strasbourg Jewish historians -- Biography. Jews -- Europe -- History -- Archival resources. Jews -- France -- Strasbourg -- Archival resources. Manuscripts -- Mutilation, defacement, etc. -- France -- Strasbourg -- History -- 20th century. Szajkowski, Zosa, 1911-. Theft -- France -- Strasbourg -- History -- 20th century. Arkiver Historikere Historiografi History & Archaeology Holocaust Jøder Middle East Regions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East |
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| Geografisk emneord | Frankrike . - Strasbourg
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| ISBN | 9780199380954
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