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Zohar Segev
The World Jewish Congress during the Holocaust
New Perspectives on
Modern Jewish History
Edited by Cornelia Wilhelm
Volume 7
Zohar Segev
The World Jewish
Congress during
the Holocaust
Between Activism and Restraint
ISBN 978-3-11-032002-2
e-ISBN 978-3-11-032026-8
ISSN 2192-9645
The e-book of this title is freely available on www.degruyter.com.
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Preface
One way that historical research differs from other fields of academic inquiry is in
the isolation of the scholar. We generally sit alone reading documents in archives
and write our articles and books without co-authors. But, this book could not
have been written without material and moral assistance from colleagues, family
and friends.
Archival documents constitute the basis for the historical research that has
led to the writing of this book. This research could not have been carried out
without the devoted help and professional skill of archive workers in the United
States and in Israel. My deepest thanks to those in the Central Zionist Archive in
Jerusalem, in the Archive of the American Jewish Historical Society in New York,
in the Yad Vashem Archive in Jerusalem and in the American Jewish Joint Distri-
bution Committee (JDC) in New York and Jerusalem.
A special debt of gratitude is due to Professor Gary Zola, head of the Jacob
Rader Marcus American Jewish Archives in Cincinnati, Ohio and to his staff, who
managed to combine a homelike environment with consummate professional
skills. The preservation and maintenance of World Jewish Congress documents
in the Cincinnati Archives is a shining example of archival work. The generous
scholarships received from the Cincinnati archive, together with the outstanding
physical surroundings I enjoyed at the archive and on the Hebrew Union College
campus in Cincinnati were central to the possibility of completing this research.
Heartfelt thanks are extended as well to research workers and colleagues
whom I consulted in the course of my writing: Anita Shapira, Mark A. Raider,
Daniel Gutwein, Lee Shai Weissbach, Hasia Diner, Ronald W. Zweig, David Myers,
Aviva Halamish, Ofer Schiff and Jonathan D. Sarna. Conversations with them
opened up new research perspectives; their comments removed obstacles, clar-
ified difficulties and brought research issues into sharper focus. The research
forum at the Chaim Weizmann Institute for the Study of Zionism and Israel at Tel
Aviv University, headed by Prof. Shapira, afforded significant historical insights
for my research in general and for this book in particular.
The Jewish History Department and the Faculty of Humanities at the Univer-
sity of Haifa were my home in the full sense of the word while I wrote the book. I
thank them for their support over the years.
Last but certainly not least is De Gruyter Publishers that brought the project
to its conclusion. Fortunate is the author who has a publisher with such a dedi-
cated and courteous professional staff. Special thanks are due to the manuscript
editor Marcia D. Rothschild, to the publisher’s editor Dr. Julia Brauch and to Prof.
Cornelia Wilhelm, editor of the series New Perspectives in Modern Jewish History.

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