Ronald W. Zweig
Ronald W. Zweig | |
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| Born | 1949 |
| Nationality | Israeli / Australian |
| Occupation | Historian |
Ronald W. Zweig is an Australian-Israeli historian specializing in Hebrew and Judaic studies, with particular reference to the British Mandate in Palestine.[1] He is currently the Marilyn and Henry Taub Professor of Israel Studies at New York University (NYU).[2]
Zweig is the author of a number of books on Jewish and Israel studies, including The Gold Train: The Destruction of the Jews and the Looting of Hungary (2002), the story of a train run by the Nazis, the so-called "
U.S. Department of Justice on a related lawsuit—Rosner, et al. v. United States of America—which alleged U.S. military malfeasance.[3]
Career
Zweig studied at the
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1999; and held a research fellowship at Yad Vashem in 2000.[2]
In 2004, he became the director of the Taub Center for Israel Studies at NYU. He is also a member of the Historical Advisory Panel to the National Archives in Washington.
Books by Zweig
- The Political Uses of Military Intelligence: Evaluating the threat of a Jewish revolt against Britain during the Second World War, Cambridge University Press, January 1, 1985.
- Britain and Palestine during the Second World War (Royal Historical Society Studies in History), Royal Historical Society, February 27, 1986. ISBN 0-86193-200-5
- David Ben Gurion: Politics and Leadership in Israel (Ed.), Frank Cass, October 1, 1991. ISBN 0-7146-3423-9
- German Reparations and the Jewish World: a History of the Claims Conference, Frank Cass, May 1, 2001. ISBN 0-7146-5152-4
- ISBN 0-06-620956-0
Notes
- ^ Barkat, Amiram. "A major in Israel", Haaretz, April 8, 2005.
- ^ a b c Ronald W. Zweig, New York University, accessed January 22, 2010.
- ^ NYU's "Zweig Available for Comment On 'Gold Train' Settlement", New York University press release, accessed January 22, 2010.
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