Talk:The Holocaust in Bohemia and Moravia (book)

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Review: June 12, 2020. (Reviewed version).

A fact from The Holocaust in Bohemia and Moravia (book) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 23 July 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that in a new book, Wolf Gruner argues that the collaborationist Czech government played a significant role in the persecution of Jews in Bohemia and Moravia?

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GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:The Holocaust in Bohemia and Moravia (book)/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Eddie891 (talk · contribs) 14:45, 6 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Will review shortly. Best, Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 14:45, 6 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

Die Judenverfolgung im Protektorat Böhmen und Mähren. Lokale Initiativen, zentrale Entscheidungen, jüdische Antworten 1939–1945 should use {{lang}}
- Done
So was the book originally written in German? If so, then perhaps the title should be in the lede? Was the English translation also written by Gruner?
- Mentioned the name of the translator. Yes, it was originally published in German, but I don't think it helps the reader to put the German title in the lead because the title is so long it will just crowd out more comprehensible information to an English speaker.
"where he founded the Center for Advanced Genocide Research" What is the significance of the center? perhaps add why it matters that he founded it because, for all the reader knows it could be a small organisation that's got no signifigance.
- Done
maybe link wikt:ghettoization because I don't think it's necessarily a common term
- Done
Are there any other links you could put in the 'Contents' section for 'lay-readers'?
- Added some
What is Judaica Bohemiae? A journal (presumably)? the target article doesn't mention it at all
- Added section in the target article.
"considers it a Standardwerk [de]." maybe provide an English translation in parenthesis
- Done
"Writing in Journal of Contemporary European Studies, Stuart" why just the last name?
- Stuart Parkes is his full name.
Red link of Verwertungsgesellschaft Wort [de]?
Link Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels?
link Fritz Thyssen Foundation?
link German Foreign Office?
link German Studies Association?
link Yad Vashem International Book Prize for Holocaust Research?
- Linked all
"and won one of the prizes for most outstanding German studies in humanities and social sciences in 2017 by the Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels, the Fritz Thyssen Stiftung, the VG WORT and the German Foreign Office" this sentence doesn't really make sense to me. Did it win comparable prizes from all those organizations? Did the organizations award a joint prize? What does 'prizes for most outstanding' really mean (that's rather vague)?
- I believe it was a joint award—clarified.
" René Küpper " who? It would be helpful to provide a qualifier (i.e. historian) or list the journal it was published in so the reader knows why they care about what this person thinks
- Done

That's it for a first pass, I'll try and revisit later today. Very nice article, comments are rather nit-picky (sorry about not going ahead and putting the links in, I just want to make sure they are what you want to link to). Feel free to discuss/ ask for clarification/reject my suggestions anywhere. Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 12:53, 7 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your review! b uidhe 13:03, 10 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Buidhe, other ticks follow:

Earwigs suggests no copyvio

Source check:

what makes migrantknowledge.org a reliable source?
- It's a scholarly organization apparently affiliated with the German Historical Institute [1]
ref #5 is wanting of a publisher/website param
- Done

I checked all of the English sources and am highly satisfied on the whole with the quality of sourcing. My only complaint is that the Journal of Contemporary European Studies doesn't specifically say that the Prague Jewish Community tried to " play different anti-Jewish agencies off against each other", more that it " exploit[ed] weakness" and says that individuals fled rather than 'emigrated'. Minor, minor things... Best wishes, Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 14:12, 12 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Edited slightly. In this context, "fled" is a synonym of emigration because they are clearly fleeing the area of Nazi control which requires emigration. b uidhe 14:26, 12 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Buidhe, This article is now well written, cited, reasonably comprehensive, neutral, free from copyvio, and otherwise meets the GA criteria. I am happy to pass! Congrats and nice work. If you have the time and willingness, could I interest you in a source review of Fabian Ware, my current FAC? Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 15:07, 12 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 15:31, 17 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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... that in a new book, Wolf Gruner argues that the collaborationist Czech government played a significant role in the persecution of Jews in Bohemia and Moravia? Source: 10.1093/hgs/dcz003

Reviewed: Ismail I of Granada

Created by Buidhe (talk). Self-nominated at 04:43, 15 June 2020 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall:

listed as GA within timelimit, AGF for the hook which is cited by paywall source HerkusMonte (talk) 11:32, 26 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Partial annexation

During the occupation, the Protectorate continued to have its own currency and a parallel government with real, although limited power. This situation did not exist at all in Sudetenland or other fully annexed areas (such as Austria or Alsace). (t · c) buidhe 15:03, 15 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Translation errors

Just fyi, I noticed an error of in the English translation, in which Arijský boj newspaper is incorrectly referred to as Arischer Kampf (presumably Gruner translated it into German and the translator didn't realize it was actually a Czech newspaper). Gruner must have checked the translation carefully! (t · c) buidhe 22:54, 2 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]