{"product_id":"the-jewish-oil-magnates-of-galicia-part-one-the-jewish-oil-magnates-a-history-1853-1945-part-two-the-jewish-oil-magnates-a-novel-by-julien-hirs-hardcover","title":"The Jewish Oil Magnates of Galicia: Part One: The Jewish Oil Magnates: A History, 1853-1945; Part Two: The Jewish Oil Magnates, a Novel by Julien Hirs - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eValerie Schatzker\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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 \u003ci\u003eThe Jewish Oil Magnates of Galicia, \u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCombining a history of Galicia's petroleum industry with an annotated English translation of Julien Hirszhaut's Yiddish novel Di yiddishe naftmagnatn (The Jewish Oil Magnates), Schatzker traces the near-century-long boom and bust cycle that took place in the Austro-Hungarian province - from the perilous, back-breaking work of digging for oil by hand, to the introduction of the Canadian drill that increased production. Galician Jews worked in the industry from its beginning to its final days under German occupation. They were pioneers in exploration, refining, and marketing, and in the first part of the twentieth century were prominent among its technical, scientific, and managerial leaders. After the First World War, as borders shifted and minorities clashed, oil resources declined. During the Second World War, Nazi occupiers, using Jewish slave labourers, squeezed out the last barrels for their war effort. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSchatzker's study and Hirszhaut's novel illuminate and inform each other: her monograph provides the historical context for the novel and his novel provides colour and detail, personalizing the history.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eValerie Schatzker is a writer living in Toronto. Julien Hirszhaut (1908-1983) was a Polish and Yiddish writer, journalist, and editor in Poland before the war. After surviving the Holocaust, he left Poland for Paris and later New York, where he wrote articles and books about the Holocaust, as well as biographies of Polish Jewish scholars. Miriam Beckerman is a prize-winning translator of Yiddish books living in Toronto.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 588\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.7 x 9.1 x 6.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 14, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48457398911225,"sku":"9780773545540","price":76.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/oMvKvIAtrt9780773545540.webp?v=1780081787","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-jewish-oil-magnates-of-galicia-part-one-the-jewish-oil-magnates-a-history-1853-1945-part-two-the-jewish-oil-magnates-a-novel-by-julien-hirs-hardcover","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}