Heini Bornstein
Heini Bornstein (born September 17, 1920 in Basel ; died April 15, 2016 in Lehavot HaBashan , Northern District , Israel ) was a Swiss textile merchant, socialist Zionist and autobiographer .
Life
Heini Bornstein was born as the son of Malka Ber (1886–1952 [?]) And Bernhard Dov Bornstein (1889–1985) in Basel and had a sister. The family emigrated to Switzerland from Łódź , Poland , in 1913 . Naturalization took place in 1931 .
From 1941 to 1943 Bornstein attended the agricultural schools in Liestal and Münsingen . In 1933 he became a member of the socialist-Zionist youth organization Hashomer Hatzair with the aim of emigrating to Palestine . In 1939 he took part in the 21st Zionist Congress in Geneva . He attended a recruiting school and did active service in the Swiss Army . In 1943 he was appointed delegate of the Hashomer Hazair in Geneva. He took part in refugee rescue operations across the Swiss border near Basel and in the Jura , helping hundreds of French, Belgians and Dutch people with Jewish ancestors to survive. Bornstein maintained relationships with the French fighting organization Organization Juive de Combat (OJC) and helped set up and support the Jewish refugee camps in Sierre, Bex, Versoix and Trevano. In April 1945 he took part in the refugee conference on questions of return and onward migration in Montreux . In 1947 he married Chasia Bielicka from Poland . In 1947 the couple entered Palestine illegally, where they resided in Kibbutz Lehavot HaBashan. There Bornstein took on various functions in the kibbutz movement, the World Zionist Organization , the Jewish Agency for Israel and in the Israeli socialist Mapam party.
Chasia and Heini Bornstein had three children together in Israel: Yehudit (* 1949), Racheli (* 1951) and Dorit (* 1960).
Publications
- Heini Bornstein: hā- Î Šwayṣ. Peʿûllôt ʿezrā we-hasṣṣālā baš-šānîm 1939–1946. Môrešet, Bêt-ʿĒdût ʿ "Š Mordeḵay Anîlevîč, Tēl-Āvîv 1996.
- German version: Insel Schweiz. Aid and rescue operations by socialist-Zionist youth organizations 1939–1946. Autobiography, Chronos, Zurich 2000. ISBN 978-3-905-31280-5
- Heini Bornstein: From Basel to Kibbutz Lehavot Habaschan. The life path of a socialist Zionist . Autobiography, Böhlau, Cologne / Weimar / Vienna 2015. ISBN 978-3-412-22351-9 .
literature
- Bornstein, Heini. In: Klaus Urner : The archive for contemporary history and its holdings , archive for contemporary history ( ETH Zurich ), NNZ Verlag, Zurich 1999, p. 38. ISBN 978-3-858-23763-7
- Kathrin Ringger: Heini Bornstein. A Basel resident in the network of Zionist aid organizations. In: Places of Remembrance. People and locations in the Basel border region. 1933-1945. Edited by Heiko Haumann , 2008, pp. 99-102.
Web links
- Literature by and about Heini Bornstein in the bibliographic database WorldCat
- Short biography and reviews of works by Heini Bornstein at perlentaucher.de
- Heini Bornstein in the metacatalog of the Swiss university libraries and the Swiss national library Swissbib
Individual evidence
- ↑ Resistance against the Nazis: Heini Bornstein helped Jews with false passports to flee , Basellandschaftliche Zeitung of May 9, 2016.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bornstein, Heini |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bornšṭeyn, Haynî; Bôrnštain, Hainî; Bornshṭain, Haini; בורנשטיין, הייני |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss textile merchant, Zionist and autobiographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 17th September 1920 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Basel , Switzerland |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 15, 2016 |
| Place of death | Lehavot HaBashan , Israel |