Jewish Oil Magnates of Galicia : Part One : the Jewish Oil Magnates : a History, 1853-1945 by Valerie Schatzker; Part Two: the Jewish Oil Magnates, a Novel by Julian Hirszhaut, Translated by Miriam Beckerman, Edited by Valerie Schatzker

Jewish Oil Magnates of Galicia : Part One : the Jewish Oil Magnates : a History, 1853-1945 by Valerie Schatzker; Part Two: the Jewish Oil Magnates, a Novel by Julian Hirszhaut, Translated by Miriam Beckerman, Edited by Valerie Schatzker

Valerie Schatzker • McGill-Queen's University Press • ISBN-13 9780773545540

ISBN-10 1777664586 • 2015 • 1st Edition

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The near-annihilation of Europe’s Jews in the Second World War destroyed not only much of their history, but also knowledge of the contributions they made to the regions in which they lived. In The Jewish Oil Magnates of Galicia, Valerie Schatzker rescues the almost-forgotten story of the Jews who became the “wildcatters” and oil barons in one of the world's first petroleum industries.Combining a history of Galicia's

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