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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. ...
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Nachman BlumentalThe Judenrat’s Minutes and Orders
The author, Nachman Blumental, asserts
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