Head and shoulders above his peers. Shmuel Krakowski (1926-2018)
[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]Head and shoulders above his peers. Shmuel Krakowski (1926-2018)
[nb-NO]Author[nb-NO]
Call numberS940.5318/002
[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]04187fp
[nb-NO]Place of publication[nb-NO]Jerusalem
[nb-NO]Publisher[nb-NO]Yad Vashem
[nb-NO]Year of publication[nb-NO]
2021
[nb-NO]Pagination[nb-NO]pp13-28
[nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]Article
NotesArticle from the journal "Yad Vashem Studies" Vol 47 Part 1, 2019 pp13-28
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
Krakowski directed Yad Vashem's archive for 15 years. He significantly enlarged the archive's holdings, established strict archival standards that influence the running of the archive, and developed and maintained good working relations with archives in many countries; among them Poland, during the Communist period and the post-Communist countries after the collapse of the Soviet bloc