Leon Poliakov, Historian Of Anti-Semitism, Dies

Leon Poliakov, a historian of anti-Semitism who testified at major war crimes trials, died Monday in France, where he lived, leaders of Jewish groups said. He was 87.

Poliakov wrote the five-volume “History of Anti-Semitism,” as well as “20th Century Totalitarianism,” “Jewish Bankers and the Holy See” and “From the Mongolian Yoke to Lenin.” With Joseph Wulf, he wrote “The Third Reich and the Jews,” a book of German records documenting Nazi crimes against Jews.