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Acknowledgements
Thisbookwouldnothavebeenwrittenwithoutthekindness,support,
andhelpofmanydearpeople.IhavespecialgratitudeforAvnerHoltzman,
whoencouragedmetoundertakethistask,forhisenormousknowledgeand
prudentadvice,andalsoformakingavailablethelettersofYehoshuaThon
toMichaYosefBerdyczewski.IamalsogratefultoMichałGalaswhohad
averypositiveandencouragingreactionwhenIfirsttoldhimaboutmy
ideatowriteaboutThon.Forhisinitiatingtheconference“YehoshuaOzjasz
Thon-HisLife,ThoughtandActivities”thatwebothorganizedinKraków,
October2012.Iwouldliketoexpressspecialgratitudetoalltheparticipants
oftheconference.Theirreflectionsmuchinspiredmeinmywork.Special
thankstoNataliaAleksiunalsoforsavingmeaflighttoNewYork,and
formakingavailabletometheonlydocumentYIVOarchivehasregarding
Thon.ForasimilarhelpIwouldliketothankmyPhDstudentMagdaSara
SzwabowiczwhoscannedformesomedocumentsfromGnazimarchive
inTel-Aviv,andtoMagdaandMariaAntosik-PielaIwouldliketothank
fromthebottomofmyheartforsomepreciousdocumentsandarticlesthat
theyfoundduringtheirownresearchindifferentarchivesandlibrariesand
madethemavailabletome.SpecialthanksforElaBauerforherenormous
knowledgeandhelpinfindingmaterials,andforherinspiringremarks.To
SzymonRudnickiforhispreciousknowledge,importantpublications,and
formakingavailableformematerialsfromthePolishSejm.JoannaStöcker-
-SobelmanwhosokindlyenabledmetostayforamonthinKrakówfor
theresearchinarchivesandlibrariesthere.LauraJockuschforinformation
aboutNellaThon.PeterHonigmannfromZentralarchivzurErforschung
derGeschichtederJudeninDeutschland,Heidelbergforhishelp.Dagmar
SeemelfromHumboldt-UniversitätzuBerlinArchivfortheprecioushelpto
findThon’sdocumentsfromhisyearsofstudiesintheplace.Iwouldlike