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Mazal Holocaust Collection
The Mazal Holocaust Collection is a Holocaust-related archive at the University of Colorado Boulder in Boulder, Colorado, U.S.
Content
The Mazal Holocaust Collection is the largest privately owned Holocaust-related archive in the world.[1] It comprises , items, including 20, books.[2] Some of its items include aerial photographs of the Auschwitz concentration camp and transcripts of the Nuremberg Trials.[2] Additionally, it includes old copies of Der Stürmer, books of Holocaust denial, and material published by the American Nazi Party in the s.[2] As of March , the full extent of the collection was unknown.[2]
History
The collection was established by Harry W.
Mazal, a businessman of Turkish-Jewish descent who was born in Mexico City, Mexico, and subsequently lived in San Antonio, Texas.[2][3] Mazal only found out he was Jewish as a teenager, and he began collecting documents related to the Holocaust then.[2] His primary aim was to counter the discourse of Holocaust deniers.[4] In , Mazal discovered one of his employees was stealing and selling some of his collection; the thief was sentenced to eight years in prison in [5]
With the help of Professor David Shneer, it has been based at the University of Colorado Boulder since January [1] Students act as volunteers to categorize and digitalize the collection.[2]
References
- ^ ab"The Mazal Holocaust Collection".
University of Colorado Boulder. Retrieved June 22,
- ^ abcdefgHeilman, Uri (March 9, ). "After intrigue, theft and deterioration, Holocaust collection secure at CU Boulder".
Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Retrieved June 22,
- ^Ayala, Elaine (August 23, ).Harry mazal s.a. biography wikipedia How it came to be is a fascinating tale recounted by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency roughly one year after the Mazal Holocaust Collection found its current home at the University of Colorado Boulder. Mazal Holocaust Collection Harry W. Report an Error. Since I had built many rebar structures I noticed the places the rebar was sticking out of many of these had been thinned out as if you had pulled a piece of taffy and it stretches out and breaks.
"Mazal created widely used library in S.A."San Antonio Express-News. Retrieved June 22,
- ^"Holocaust Denial on Trial: Harry Mazal, The Holocaust History Project". Emory University. Retrieved June 22,
- ^Danner, Patrick (June 20, ).Harry mazal s.a. biography Seven months prior, in January, a collection volunteer named Mansal Denton was arrested for stealing 17, pages of documents. How did that transition work for you? Mazal Holocaust Collection consists of rare books and pamphlets related to the Holocaust, anti-Semitism, prejudice, and war crime trials, as well as some , documents, contemporary newspapers, microfilms, and photographs. From the moment that we started writing this we had Robert Jan von Pelt, who is a very well known historian, reading our production.
"Man gets eight years for stealing Holocaust documents". San Antonio Express-News. Retrieved June 22,