Zvi Zimmerman
Zvi Zimmerman | |
|---|---|
Liberal Party | |
| 1965–1974 | Gahal |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 January 1913 Skala, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | 10 June 2006 (aged 93) |
Zvi Henryk Zimmerman (
Biography
Zimmerman was born in 1913 in Skala-Podilska in Austria-Hungary (today in Ukraine), the son of Benjamin (Alter) Zimmerman and Zlata Pessia (Babe) Bitterman. He attended a secular high school and studied law at the Jagiellonian University. At the age of thirteen he became a devoted Zionist. He was a member of the Youth Movement of the General Zionists, Chairman of Kedima (the Zionist Student Union in Kraków) and Deputy Chairman of Kedima's national organization, and Deputy Chairman of the Zionist University Graduates.[1]
He spent most of the war in the
In 1944, he made
After his term in Wellington ended, he returned to Israel. Following the fall of the Iron Curtain, he decided to visit Poland and Hungary in order to pay back his debt to Sławik and Antall. he found out that Sławik was tortured, and killed by the Nazis. Sławik never told the Germans about his cooperation with Antall, who died in 1974. He published an announcement on the Cracow Przekrój weekly and has thus contacted Sławik's daughter.[6] Thanks to Zimmerman's efforts, Sławik was awarded the Righteous Among the Nations title by Yad Vashem in 1992.[2]
Zimmerman died on 10 June 2006.[citation needed]
Bibliography
- Zimmermann, Zvi (1994). Between the hammer of the Knesset and the anvil of the Party (in Hebrew). Tel-Aviv: HaMakhon LeHeker HaKalkalah VeHaHevrah BeYisrael Al-shem Yosef Sapir. ISBN 978-965-222-508-5.
- Zimmermann, Henryk Zvi (2004). I Have Survived, I Remember, I am a Witness. .: Kotarot. p. 278. ISBN 965-7238-14-5.
References
- ^ a b "Zvi Henryk Zimmerman". Skala Research Group. Retrieved 2008-05-20.
- ^ a b Zimmermann, Henryk Zvi. "Dr. Slawik - Was He a Polish Raoul Wallenberg?". Retrieved 2008-05-20.
- ^ "A Documentary to memoralize the heroic life of Dr. Henryk Slawik: The Polish Raoul Wallenberg, in the making". New Cracow Friendship Society Newsletter. Nov./Dec. 2002 (235). Archived from the original on 2012-03-27. Retrieved 2008-05-20.
- ^ "רשומות ילקוט הפרסומים" (PDF). www.nevo.co.il. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
- ^ "Eichmann trial - The District Court Sessions". The Nizkor Project. Retrieved 2008-05-20.
- ^ "Unsung Hero". Warsaw Voice. 2004-01-28. Archived from the original on 2009-07-19. Retrieved 2008-05-20.
External links
- Zvi Zimmerman on the Knesset website
- Zimmermann, Henryk Zvi (2004-01-28). "There Are Good People..." Warsaw Voice. Retrieved 2008-05-20.
