Schindler’s list carbon in Oz museum
p2pnet news view | Movies:- WWII German industrialist Oskar Schindler’s (right) list of more than 800 Jews given to Australian author Thomas Keneally prompted him to write Schindler`s Ark, which inspired Steven Spielberg’s Schindler’s List.
But the Jewish Museum in Sydney, and descendants of survivors are, “angry that a carbon copy of his famous list was sold to the State Library of New South Wales,” says the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
“The list, itself a carbon copy of the original, has been ‘discovered’ amongst Keneally`s research papers at the State Library of NSW who bought the documents from the dealer with no inkling of what they contained,” says Oz site J-Wire.
The document is the original copy given to Keneally by Leopold Pfefferberg, who persuaded him to write the story, says the post, adding »»»
A spokesperson for the State Library told J-Wire: When we bought Keneally`s papers, there was no list of contents. Privacy restrictions involving living authors preclude us from detailing the price we paid.
J-Wire spoke to Leopold Pfferberg`s daughter Marie in Los Angeles. She said: My late father made many copies of the List and my mother has the original copy still in her possession.
Pfefferberg`s widow, Mila, told J-Wire: Whatever Tom Kenneally did is OK with me. He is a wonderful man.
“Our experts stated it was possibly from the 1940s but we have no way of accurately dating the copy,” the library’s Dr Olwen Pryke is quoted as saying.
Jewish Telegraphic Agency – Schindler`s List unearthed at Australian library, April 6, 2009
J-Wire – Schindler`s List turns up at the NSW State Library – Jewish Museum disappointed, April 5, 2009
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April 7th, 2009 at 8:18 am
I find it strange anyone would be upset by the sale of a carbon copy to a museum, is there some ulterior motive for wanting to keep the list secret ?
I notice in other news that the list was 800 names and has previously been heralded as containing 1000 names, this bring it much nearer
to the total for this nice chap
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2615759.stm
I think we as humans should concentrate less on hero worship and more on ensuring everyone knows the difference between right and wrong and when is the time to act against state aggression and inhumanity.