Abstract
A biography of the Polish Israeli Holocaust historian, Yisrael Gutman, is presented. He was born in 1923 in Warsaw, Poland and participated in the Jewish social/political movement HaShomer HaTza'ir while living in the Warsaw ghetto. The article also explores his experiences during World War II at the Auschwitz concentration camp, and his post-war experiences in Poland and Israel. Topics of the biography include Jewish resistance, ghetto life, and the Kibbutz Movement in Israel.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 23-53 |
| Number of pages | 31 |
| Journal | Yad Vashem Studies |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| State | Published - 1 Oct 2013 |
Keywords
- Historians
- World War II -- Jewish resistance
- Jewish ghettos
- Auschwitz concentration camp
- Kibbutzim
- Holocaust survivors
- Twentieth century
- Jewish history
- Gutman, Israel, 1923-2013