Hirsch Barenblat

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Hirsh Barenblat

Henryk Hirsz Hanoch Barenblat (born 1914,

Israeli Supreme Court in 1964, on the grounds of insufficient evidence. He'd served three months of a five-year sentence.[1][2]

He studied piano at the Silesian Music Conservatory in Katowice. In 1953–1956 he was a tutor and conductor at the State Operetta in Gliwice. He also worked in a theater in Ostrava. He then settled in Israel and was the conductor of the Israeli National Opera. In 1955 he was decorated Medal of the 10th Anniversary of People's Poland. In 1960 he moved to Germany where he worked as a theater conductor in Cologne.

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References

  1. ^ Portnoy, Eddy (5 February 2014). "Conductor of Israel National Opera Guilty of Nazi Collaboration". Forward.com. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  2. ^ "ISRAELI ABSOLVED OF HELP TO NAZIS; Court Reverses Conviction of Ex-Polish Gestapo Aide". The New York Times. New York Times. 2 May 1964. Retrieved 28 October 2019.

Sources

  • Avihu Ronen, Hadas Agmon & Asaf Danziger (2011) "Collaborator or Would-Be Rescuer? The Barenblat Trial and the Image of a Judenrat Member in 1960s Israel"
    Yad Vashem Studies
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