Gad Granach
Gad Granach (born March 29, 1915 in Rheinsberg , Mark Brandenburg as Gerhard Granach ; † January 6, 2011 in Jerusalem , Israel ) was a German-Jewish emigrant.
Granach was born as the son of Alexander Granach and Martha Guttmann. In 1936 he emigrated to Haifa , Palestine, and lived in Jerusalem. He published his autobiography under the title Heimat los! From the life of a Jewish emigrant.
Publications
Books by Gad Granach
- Gad Granach: Go home! From the life of a Jewish emigrant . Ölbaum-Verlag, Augsburg 1997, ISBN 392721731X ; Paperback edition: Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, Frankfurt 2000, ISBN 3596146496 ; Random House / Bertelsmann, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-442-73630-0
- Gad Granach: Where Is Home? Stories from the Life of a German-Jewish Émigré . Atara Press, Los Angeles 2009, ISBN 978-0-9822251-1-0
Films about Gad Granach
- Film: Pourquoi Israel , directed by Claude Lanzmann , France, 1973
- Film: "Granach the Younger", director: Anke Apelt, Germany, 1997, length 90 min.
- Film: Alexander Granach - There goes a person in the online film database , director: Angelika Wittlich, 2012. (Documentary, in which an interview with Gad Granach)
CD with Gad Granach
- I see! Gad Granach and Henryk M. Broder on Tour CD, Ölbaum-Verlag, Augsburg 2000, ISBN 3-927217-40-9
Web links
- Gad Cranach in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Literature by and about Gad Granach in the catalog of the German National Library
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SURNAME | Granach, Gad |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Granach, Gerhard (birth name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-Jewish emigrant |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 29, 1915 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Rheinsberg , Mark Brandenburg |
DATE OF DEATH | January 6, 2011 |
Place of death | Jerusalem , Israel |