A Jewish Kapo in Auschwitz: History, Memory, and the Politics of SurvivalBrandeis University Press, 01.07.2014 - 344 Seiten Eliezer Gruenbaum (1908Ð1948) was a Polish Jew denounced for serving as a Kapo while interned at Auschwitz. He was the communist son of Itzhak Gruenbaum, the most prominent secular leader of interwar Polish Jewry who later became the chairman of the Jewish Agency's Rescue Committee during the Holocaust and Israel's first minister of the interior. In light of the father's high placement in both Polish and Israeli politics, the denunciation of the younger Gruenbaum and his suspicious death during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war add intrigue to a controversy that really centers on the question of what constitutesÑand how do we evaluateÑmoral behavior in Auschwitz.
GruenbaumÑa Jewish Kapo, a communist, an anti-Zionist, a secularist, and the son of a polarizing Zionist leaderÑbecame a symbol exploited by opponents of the movements to which he was linked. Sorting through this Rashomon-like story within the cultural and political contexts in which Gruenbaum operated, Friling illuminates key debates that rent the Jewish community in Europe and Israel from the 1930s to the 1960s. |
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Paris Fifth Arrondissement 5 Rue Linné 1931 | |
Spain March19381939 5 SaintCyprien ParisLesTourelles BeaunelaRolande | |
Auschwitz AuschwitzBirkenau July 1942MarchApril | |
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Paris June 1945May1946 11 Jerusalem May 1946May1948 12 Ramat Rachel May 21221948 | |
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