The word “war crime” appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak in 2010. Today the opening carries none. 4 remain further down the article, where a reader arriving from a search result does not go.
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Bartov was born in Israel and attended Tel Aviv University and St. As a historian, Bartov is most noted for his studies of the German Army in World War II. Bartov has challenged the popular view that the German Army was an apolitical force that had little involvement in war crimes or crimes against humanity in World War II. Bartov has argued that the Wehrmacht was a deeply Nazi institution that played a key role in the Holocaust in the occupied areas of the Soviet Union. Bartov, a 1989 to 1992 Junior Harvard fellow and 2002 Guggenheim fellow , is one of the world's leading authorities on the subject of genocide .1
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Bartov was born in Israel and attended Tel Aviv University and St. As a historian, Bartov is most noted for his studies of the German Army in World War II. Bartov has challenged the popular view that the German Army was an apolitical force that had little involvement in war crimes or crimes against humanity in World War II. Bartov has argued that the Wehrmacht was a deeply Nazi institution that played a key role in the Holocaust in the occupied areas of the Soviet Union. Bartov, a 1989 to 1992 Junior Harvard fellow and 2002 Guggenheim fellow , is one of the world's leading authorities on the subject of genocide .
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Omer Bartov ( Hebrew : עֹמֶר בַּרְטוֹב; pronounced [ʕoˈmer ˈbartov] ; born 1954) is the John P. Bartov was born in Israel and attended Tel Aviv University and St. As a historian, Bartov is most noted for his studies of the German Army in World War II. Bartov has challenged the popular view that the German Army was an apolitical force that had little involvement in war crimes or crimes against humanity in World War II. Bartov has argued that the Wehrmacht was a deeply Nazi institution that played a key role in the Holocaust in the occupied areas of the Soviet Union. Bartov, a 1989 to 1992 Junior Harvard fellow and 2002 Guggenheim fellow , is one of the world's leading authorities on the subject of genocide . The Forward calls Bartov "one of the foremost scholars of Jewish life in Galicia ".
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Israeli-American historian (born 1954) Omer Bartov ( , ; born 1954) is an Israeli -born historian.He is the Samuel Pisar Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Brown University , where he has taught since 2000.Bartov is a noted historian of the Holocaust and is considered one of the world's leading authorities on the subject of genocide .The Forward calls him "one of the foremost scholars of Jewish life in Galicia ." The son of Israel Prize-winning author Hanoch Bartov , Bartov was born in Israel and educated at Tel Aviv University and St. As a historian, Bartov is most noted for his studies of the German Army in World War II. Bartov has challenged the popular view that the German Army was an apolitical force that had little involvement in war crimes or crimes against humanity in World War II. Bartov has argued that the Wehrmacht was a deeply Nazi institution that played a key role in the Holocaust in the occupied areas of the Soviet Union. He has also characterized that the Palestinians living in the Israeli-occupied territories are living under a regime of apartheid .
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Israeli-American historian (born 1954) Omer Bartov ( Hebrew : עֹמֶר בַּרְטוֹב [ʔoˈmeʁ ˈbaʁtov] ; born 1954) is an Israeli-American historian.He is the Dean's Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Brown University , where he has taught since 2000.Bartov is a historian of the Holocaust and is considered a leading authority on genocide .
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“war crime” now appears 2× under Political views, 30% of the way down the article
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