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Nazi-Looted Jewish Archives in Moscow

A Guide to Jewish Historical and Cultural Collections in the Russian State Military Archive

Translated by Avram Brown

Distributed for University of Scranton Press

Nazi-Looted Jewish Archives in Moscow

A Guide to Jewish Historical and Cultural Collections in the Russian State Military Archive

Translated by Avram Brown
During their ascendency and subsequent occupation of much of Europe, the Nazis plundered the documents and cultural treasures of Jewish organizations as well as other groups and individuals they deemed to be enemies of the Reich. When the Nazis were crushed, many of these looted collections, as well as records of Nazi state agencies that persecuted and murdered Jews, were discovered by the Soviet Army, then transferred to Moscow and held for decades in closed, secret archives. This catalog and guide supplies the first comprehensive, collection-by-collection English-language description of this historical and cultural documentation, which the Nazis meant to be among the only vestiges of the millions of victims they annihilated.  Scholars and lay researchers will find this reference a unique and indispensable guide to the invaluable remains of a rich world brutally destroyed.

291 pages | 16 halftones | 6 x 9 | © 2010

Published in association with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and The Jewish Theological Seminary

Jewish Studies


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Table of Contents

Introduction
      David E. Fishman, Mark Kupovetsky, Vladimir Kuzelenkov
Introduction to the English-Language Edition
      David E. Fishman
 
1. International Jewish Organizations and Personalities
2. Austria
3. France
4. Germany
5. Greece
6. Romania
7. Yugoslavia
8. Mixed Collections (From More than One Country)
 
Appendix: Collections Transferred to Their Countries of Origin since 1991
    Austria
    Belgium
    France
    Great Britain
    The Netherlands
Index

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