Leon Shapiro
Papers, 1939-1984
15 boxes (8.75 linear ft.)
Collection number: MS 127
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Leon Shapiro
Papers
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Leon Shapiro
Papers, 1939-1984
15 boxes (8.75 linear ft.)
Collection number: MS 127
Abstract:
Historian,
author, Professor of Russian and Soviet Jewish History at
Rutgers University, who helped arrange the escape of Jews
from Europe during World War II and was active in several
organizations concerned with the emigration of Soviet and
Eastern European Jews to Palestine. Papers include
biographical materials, correspondence, legal documents,
writings, lecture and research materials, statistical data in
the world Jewish population before and after World War II,
oral history transcripts, pamphlets, newspaper clippings, and
four photographs.
Terms of Access and Use: The collection is open for research. Special Collections and University Archives, W.E.B. Du Bois Library, University of Massachusetts Amherst
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