David Cesarani obituary

One of the leading historians of modern Jewish history and an expert on the HolocaustDavid Cesarani, who has died aged 58 following surgery to remove a tumour on the spine, was the leading British-based historian of his generation on the modern history of the Jews. He was also a notable commentator and broadcaster on the Jewish past and present, and took a prominent role in Holocaust education in Britain and abroad.In the mid-1980s he led research by the All-Party Parliamentary War Crimes Group