David Marwell

David G. Marwell is an American historian and the current director of the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York City. Marwell received a Ph.D. in modern European history from the State University of New York at Binghamton.^[1]

Career

Prior to his work at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. from 1997 to 2000, Marwell was director of the Berlin Document Center from 1988 to 1994^[2] and then executive director of the JFK Assassination Records Review Board.^[3] He also served as Chief of Investigative Research for the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Special Investigations.^[4] In that capacity, Marwell was responsible for conducting historical and forensic research in support of Justice Department prosecution of Nazi war criminals, including Klaus Barbie and Josef Mengele.^[5] He has also served as an expert witness and consultant to the governments of Canada and Australia on several war crime prosecutions, and was a member of the Interagency Working Group for Nazi War Criminal Documents.

References

1. ^ Barron, James (September 27, 2006). "At Long Last, a Shostakovich Premiere". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/27/arts/music/27babi.html?pagewanted=print. Retrieved 20 November 2009. 
2. ^ Kinzer, Stephen (April 1, 1994). "Berlin Journal; Torch Is Passed, and the Past Is in German Hands". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/1994/04/01/world/berlin-journal-torch-is-passed-and-the-past-is-in-german-hands.html. Retrieved 20 November 2009. 
3. ^ Kamen, Al (October 12, 1994). "Sen. Byrd: Lord of a Land That Is Not PC". The Washington Post. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/72289052.html?dids=72289052:72289052&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct+12%2C+1994&author=Al+Kamen&pub=The+Washington+Post+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Sen.+Byrd%3A+Lord+of+a+Land+That+Is+Not+PC&pqatl=google. Retrieved 20 November 2009. 
4. ^ "Israeli ex-agent: We allowed Nazi doc to escape". MSNBC. September 2, 2008. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26505933/wid/17621070. Retrieved 20 November 2009. 
5. ^ "Us Intelligence Paid Nazi For Information". The Courier. February 7, 1993. http://news.google.ca/newspapers?id=wOkKAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-08DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6046,5898934&dq=david-marwell+courier&hl=en. Retrieved 20 November 2009. 

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