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Œuvres de Hillel Levine
In Search of Sugihara: The Elusive Japanese Diplomat Who Risked his Life to Rescue 10,000 Jews From the Holocaust (1996) 84 exemplaires
Economic Origins of Antisemitism: Poland and Its Jews in the Early Modern Period (1991) 26 exemplaires
Gentry, Jews, and Serfs: The Rise of Polish Vodka 1 exemplaire
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- Levine, Hillel
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- 1946-05-28
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- Harvard University
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I do, however, think it begins too slowly and ends too quickly. The book starts out with Sugihara's birth, and it goes into great detail -- too much detail, I think -- describing the struggles of Japan to pull itself into the modern world during this time period. Sugihara doesn't actually reach Kovno and start issuing visas until around page 200 or so. And then at the end, he shuts up his consulate and leaves, and the rest of the more than forty years of his life take up just a few pages.
A flawed book, but worth your time I think.… (plus d'informations)