The archive thief : the man who salvaged French Jewish history in the wake of the Holocaust / Lisa Moses Leff.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Leff, Lisa Moses, author.

Series:

• Oxford series on history and archives
• The Oxford series on history and archives

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• 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.
• Archival materials.
• Jewish historians.
• Jews--Archival resources.
• Manuscripts--Mutilation, defacement, etc.
• Theft.
• History.
• Jews.
• Archival resources.
• Europe.
• France--Strasbourg.
• Europa.

Local Subjects:

• Europa.

Genre:

• Biographies.
• History.
• Narrative non-fiction.

Physical Description:

xii, 286 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2015]

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"--Provided by the publisher.

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.

Notes:

• "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.
• Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-273) and index.
• Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature, Winner, 2016

ISBN:

• 9780199380954
• 0199380953

OCLC:

893455457

Publisher Number:

40025044320