Isaac Schneersohn
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Not to be confused with Joseph Isaac Schneersohn.
Isaac Schneersohn (1879 or 1881ā1969) was a French rabbi, industrialist, and the founder of the first Holocaust Archives and Memorial. He emigrated from Ukraine to France after the First World War.
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Born | 1879 or 1881 |
Died | 1969 (age 88 or 90) |
Nationality | French |
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Organization | Center of Contemporary Jewish Documentation |
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In 1943 while under Italian wartime occupation, Schneersohn founded a documentation center at his home in Grenoble with representatives from 40 Jewish organizations. The center moved to Paris at Liberation and became the Center of Contemporary Jewish Documentation. Schneersohn remained President of the CDJC and editor of its Revue until his death in 1969.