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The Jewish Oil Magnates of Galicia: A History, 1853-1945 by Valerie Schatzker, A Novel by Julien Hirszhaut Holocaust History The proud sons of aThe 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 The Jewish Oil Magnates of Galicia, 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. Combining a history of Galicia's petroleum industry with an