Mark Jacobson (writer)
Mark Jacobson may refer to: * Mark Jacobson, author of ''The Lampshade'' * Mark Z. Jacobson, professor of civil and environmental engineering See also * Mark Jacobsen, Australian international lawn and indoor bowler * Mark Jacobs (other) Mark Jacobs may refer to: * Mark Jacobs (game designer), former CEO of Mythic Entertainment * Mark Jacobs (Blue Heelers), character on the Australian television show ''Blue Heelers'' * Mark Jacobs (author) (born 1951), foreign service officer See ...

The Lampshade
''The Lampshade: A Holocaust Detective Story from Buchenwald to New Orleans'' is a 2010 nonfiction book by U.S. author Mark Jacobson.Library of Congress catalog record http://lccn.loc.gov/2010015455 It recounts the attempt to ascertain the origin of a lampshade purportedly made from human skin. It was not until 2012 that DNA testing was sophisticated enough to determine that the shade was likely made from a parchment of cow skin. Synopsis In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, a lampshade purported to be made from the skin of a Jewish Holocaust victim, turned up in a sidewalk rummage sale in New Orleans. It was purchased for $35 by Skip Henderson, a local New Orleans man just returned to the City from Katrina evacuation. Henderson subsequently sent the lampshade to his friend Mark Jacobson, thinking that the Brooklyn writer would be interested in searching into the history of the object. Jacobson then embarks on a 5 year quest to discover the true origin of the lamps ...
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Mark Z
Mark may refer to: Currency * Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark, the currency of Bosnia and Herzegovina * East German mark, the currency of the German Democratic Republic * Estonian mark, the currency of Estonia between 1918 and 1927 * Finnish markka ( sv, finsk mark, links=no), the currency of Finland from 1860 until 28 February 2002 * Mark (currency), a currency or unit of account in many nations * Polish mark ( pl, marka polska, links=no), the currency of the Kingdom of Poland and of the Republic of Poland between 1917 and 1924 German * Deutsche Mark, the official currency of West Germany from 1948 until 1990 and later the unified Germany from 1990 until 2002 * German gold mark, the currency used in the German Empire from 1873 to 1914 * German Papiermark, the German currency from 4 August 1914 * German rentenmark, a currency issued on 15 November 1923 to stop the hyperinflation of 1922 and 1923 in Weimar Germany * Lodz Ghetto mark, a special currency for Lodz Ghetto. * R ...
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Mark Jacobsen
Mark Jacobsen (born 1968) is an Australian international lawn and indoor bowler. Bowls career In the 2000 World Outdoor Bowls Championship he won a bronze medal in the pairs with Brett Duprez. He also won a gold medal in the pairs with Brett Duprez at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur. He won five medals at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships The Asia Pacific Bowls Championships formerly the Pacific Rim Championships was a bowls, lawn bowling competition held between national bowls organisations in the Asia Pacific region. The event was inaugurated in 1985, and it was initially held ..., of which four have been gold medals. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Jacobsen, Mark 1968 births Australian male bowls players Living people Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Bowls players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games 20th-century Australian people Sportsmen from Victoria (state) Sportspeople from Melbourne Meda ...
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