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Eastern European Perspectives on the Restitution of Nazi-Looted Jewish Cultural Property : Gershom Scholem in Prague, 1946

This article offers a critical examination of the travel diaries written by Gershom Scholem (1897-1982), a well-known pioneer scholar of Jewish mysticism and a professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. In 1946, Scholem was sent to Prague on behalf of the Hebrew University to retrieve the Nazi...

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Published in:Naharaim 16(2022), 2, Seite 229-256
Main Author: Holzer-Kawalko, Anna (Author, VerfasserIn)
Document Type: Online Resource Article
Language:English
Published: 2022
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