Leon Poliakov
Léon Poliakov, who died in 1997, founded the Centre de Documentation Juive Contemporaine. He was a director of research at the CNRS. The book that made his reputation, Bréviaire de la haine (published in 1951) was drawn from his experience as an expert at the Nuremberg trials. He published numerous other works, among them the monumental Histoire de l’antisémistime (published in 1955).