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Shapiro, Leon 1905-1984

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Leon Shapiro (1905-1984) was a historian and Professor of Russian and Soviet Jewish History at Rutgers University; author of The History of ORT: A Jewish Movement for Social Change ; a 35-year contributor of articles to "The American Jewish Yearbook"; fluent speaker of Yiddish, Hebrew, English, Russian, German, French, and Ukrainian; helped arrange the escape of Jews from Europe during World War II; and an active member in several organizations concerned with the emigration of Soviet and Eastern European Jews to Palestine and other issues related to Judaism.

1905 Born July 14, in Hersun (Korsun, Korsoun, Hersein), Kiev, Russia, to Mark and Freida Scheinblum Shapiro. 1923 Candidate for degree in Social Sciences and Law, University of Kiev. Imprisoned for anti-Bolshevik activities. 1925 Exiled to Palestine. 1928 Diplome de Licencie en Droit, Social Sciences and Law, University of Toulouse. 1935 Married in Paris to Leorfore Rita Willdorff; divorced in 1940. 1940 Secretary General, Federation des Societes Juives de France, Paris 1941 1949 Research Associate, American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, New York. 1941 Immigrated to U.S. 1946 Married Luba. 1954 1956 Assistant Director, Cultural Department, Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany 1964 1967 Research Associate, Columbia University Seminar in International Research Methods. 1964 1972 Assistant Executive Director, Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture. 1968 1978 Professor, Russian and Soviet Jewish History, Department of Hebraic Studies and Soviet/Eastern European Studies Program, Rutgers University. 1972 1973 Adjunct Professor, Queens College, School of General Studies, City College of New York. 1973 Adjunct Associate Professor, Judaic Studies, Brooklyn College, City College of New York. 1974 1975 Adjunct Associate Professor, Academy Without Walls, Haifa University. 1978 1979 Professor, Empire State College. 1984 Died, December 25, New York City. From the guide to the Leon Shapiro Papers MS 127., 1939-1984, (Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries)

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