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Jan Tomasz Gross (born 1947) is a Polish-American sociologist and historian . Tomlinson '16 and '48 Professor of War and Society, emeritus, and Professor of History, emeritus, at Princeton University . Gross is the author of several books on Polish history, particularly Polish-Jewish relations during World War II and the Holocaust , including Neighbors: The Destruction of the Jewish Community in Jedwabne, Poland (2001); Fear: Anti-Semitism in Poland after Auschwitz (2006); and (with Irena Grudzinska Gross) Golden Harvest (2012).
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Jan Tomasz Gross (born in 1947) is a Polish American historian and sociologist. Tomlinson '16 and '48 Professor of War and Society and Professor of History at Princeton University .
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The opening as it stood in 2015
Jan Tomasz Gross (born in 1947) is a Polish-born American historian and sociologist. Tomlinson '16 and '48 Professor of War and Society and Professor of History at Princeton University .
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Jan Tomasz Gross (born 1947) is a Polish-American sociologist and historian .Tomlinson '16 and '48 Professor of War and Society, emeritus, and Professor of History, emeritus, at Princeton University .Gross is the author of several books on Polish history, particularly Polish-Jewish relations during World War II and the Holocaust , including Neighbors: The Destruction of the Jewish Community in Jedwabne, Poland (2001); Fear: Anti-Semitism in Poland after Auschwitz (2006); and (with Irena Grudzinska Gross) Golden Harvest (2012).
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Polish–American historian Jan Tomasz Gross (born 1947) is a Polish-American sociologist and historian . Tomlinson '16 and '48 Professor of War and Society emeritus and professor of history emeritus at Princeton University . Gross is the author of several books on Polish history, particularly Polish-Jewish relations during World War II and the Holocaust , including Neighbors: The Destruction of the Jewish Community in Jedwabne, Poland (2001); Fear: Anti-Semitism in Poland after Auschwitz (2006); and, with Irena Grudzinska Gross, Golden Harvest (2012).
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polish american historian and sociologist
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polish-american sociologist and historian
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