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Forging Freedom : The Life of Cerf Berr of M Delsheim
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Forging Freedom is the first full-length biography of Cerf Berr of Medelsheim (1726-1793), the formidable eighteenth-century emancipator of the French Jews. His early business providing forage for thousands of horses of the French military garrisoned in Alsace grew into a huge military supply business that earned him the profound respect of French Kings Louis XV and XVI. After receiving his French naturalization papers from Louis XVI as a reward for his service to the French Crown, Cerf Berr worked tirelessly on behalf of his Ashkenazi co-religionists to win their political emancipation in France on September 27, 1791.
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- ISBN-13: 9781475910131
- ISBN-10: 1475910134
- Publisher: iUniverse
- Publish Date: June 2012
- Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.93 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.34 pounds
- Page Count: 458
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