Letter from Paul A. Shapiro to Elie Wiesel regarding the "Geographical Encyclopedia of the Holocaust in Hungary"

This letter, dated January 26, 2012, is from Paul A. Shapiro, Director of the Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, to Professor Elie Wiesel. Shapiro writes to accompany a copy of the uncorrected page proofs of the first volume of the "Geographical Encyclopedia of the Holocaust in Hungary," edited by Randolph Braham. He references a prior discussion between Wiesel and Radu Ioanid about the project. The encyclopedia is set to be published by Northwestern University Press in collaboration with the USHMM and the Rosenthal Institute for Holocaust Studies. Shapiro formally requests that Wiesel, as previously agreed, contribute a foreword for the two-volume set. He emphasizes the need to receive the foreword soon to forward it to the publisher for typesetting. The letter concludes by expressing confidence that Wiesel will recognize the work as a major contribution to the history of the destruction of Hungarian Jewry. The letter also cc's Radu Ioanid and Benton Arnovitz.