— The French Foundation for Jewish Culture Wednesday awarded its first prize to historian Leo Poliakov. The award, a check for 50,000 francs ($10,000) was presented on behalf of the jury by Nobel Prize winner Andre Lwoff. The prize was established at the initiative of several prominent Jewish personalities. Poliakov was born in Russia in 1910 and is considered a world expert on the history of anti-Semitism and the Holocaust.
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