Abel Jacob Herzberg
Abel Jacob Herzberg (born September 17, 1893 in Amsterdam ; † May 19, 1989 ibid) was a Dutch lawyer and writer.
Life
Herzberg was the son of Russian Jews . He studied in Amsterdam and became a lawyer. From 1934 to 1939 he was chairman of the Dutch Zionist League. In 1943 he was captured by the Nazis and Barneveld and the Westerbork transit camp in the Bergen-Belsen deported . On April 10, 1945, he left the camp in the direction of Theresienstadt on the death transport, later known as the Lost Train , and was liberated by the Red Army on April 23, 1945 after a 13-day odyssey through Germany in Tröbitz, Brandenburg . Abel Herzberg returned to his home in the Netherlands on June 30, 1945.
In 1950 he published his book Zweistromland , in which he reported on his experiences in Bergen-Belsen. Abel Herzberg is the father of the Dutch writer Judith Herzberg .
Quote
Not six million Jews were murdered. A Jew was murdered and that has happened six million times. - Abel Herzberg
Prices
- 1949 - Dr. Wijnaendts Franckenprijs for Amor fati
- 1952 - Extra prijs van de Jan Campert-stichting for Kroniek der Jodenvervolging
- 1958 - ANV-Visser Neerlandia-prijs for Herod
- 1960 - ANV-Visser Neerlandia-prijs for Sauls dood
- 1964 - Constantijn Huygensprijs for zijn gehele oeuvre
- 1972 - PC Hooftprijs
bibliography
literature
- 1936 - Vaderland (play)
- 1946 - Amor fati
- 1950 - Mesopotamia (diary from Bergen-Belsen)
- 1950 - Kroniek of jodenvervolging
- 1955 - Herod (play)
- 1958 - Sauls dood
- 1960 - Chronicle of the persecution of the Jews
- 1960 - Amor fati en Tweestromenland
- 1961 - Het proces Eichmann
- 1962 - Eichmann in Jeruzalem
- 1964 - Brieven aan mijn kleinzoon
- 1969 - Pro-Deodorant. Herinneringen aan een vooroordeel
- 1972 - Om een lepel soep - Over advocaten en cliënten
- 1974 - De memoires van koning Herod
- 1975 - Drie rode rozen (novella)
- 1980 - De man in de mirror
- 1981 - Twee behave
- 1983 - Brieven aan mijn grootvader
- 1985 - Mirjam
- 1986 - Aartsvaders
- 1993–1996 - Verzameldwerk
- 1996 - Letter to my little daughter
items
- Het ondergaan van geweld. In: Politiek geweld - Uitg. Vredesopbouw / Studium Generale RU Utrecht, 1978
Web links
- Literature by and about Abel Jacob Herzberg in the catalog of the German National Library
- Abel Herzberg in de Digitale Bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse Letteren
swell
- De Nederlandse en Vlaamse auteurs (1985) by GJ van Bork and PJ Verkruijsse
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Herzberg, Abel Jacob |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch-Jewish lawyer and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 17, 1893 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Amsterdam |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 19, 1989 |
| Place of death | Amsterdam |