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Nachman Blumental
Nachman Blumental
Author asserting that primary sources on Eastern European Jewish destruction were scarce.
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... The author, Nachman Blumental, asserts that there
is a dearth of primary sources describing the de-
struction of Eastern European Jewry during World
War II. Only a few ghettos in the larger cities were able,
with great ingenuity, to preserve documents. Most other
communities failed to leave anything behind because
the Nazis managed to destroy most of the Judenrat
archives in the various ghettos. ...Connected nodes
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The Judenrat’s Minutes and Orders
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The author, Nachman Blumental, asserts