Herbert Rosenkranz
Herbert Rosenkranz (born July 7, 1924 in Vienna , † September 5, 2003 in Jerusalem ) was an Austrian-Israeli historian .
Life
Rosenkranz grew up in the Brigittenau district of Vienna . His Jewish parents, Michael and Mircia, geb. Kesten and her grandparents had immigrated from Eastern Europe. After the “Anschluss” of Austria , he had to emigrate with his family in 1938 and lived in Riga . From 1941 to 1947 he was interned in camps in the Soviet Union . From 1947 to 1953 Rosenkranz studied history and English at the University of Vienna . After his dissertation on Chazaro Judaism , he emigrated to Israel . He first taught at high schools before starting his work as an archivist at the Yad Vashem Memorial in Jerusalem in 1955 . Later he became head of the department for research into Nazi crimes in the archive. In 1960/61 he was assistant for Jewish history at Tel Aviv University , from 1968 to 1977 he taught at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem .
Herbert Rosenkranz has supported the memorial service of young Austrians in Israel from the beginning. There was also contact with the Deutsche Aktion Sühnezeichen / Friedensdienste eV and Herbert Rosenkranz also sought dialogue with pastors in Germany. In the 1980s Herbert Rosenkranz was a guest lecturer at the University for Jewish Studies in Heidelberg and at various universities in Austria.
His brother Kurt Rosenkranz founded the Jewish Institute for Adult Education in Vienna in 1993 and his daughter Orna Langer is a music critic at Haaretz .
Works
- Persecution and Assertiveness. The Jews in Austria 1938–1945 . Herold Verlag, Vienna, Munich 1978.
- Reichskristallnacht. November 9, 1938 in Austria . Europe, Vienna 1968.
- The Anschluss and the Tragedy of Austrian Jewry 1938-1945. In: The Jews of Austria. Ed. Josef Fraenkel . Vallentine Mitchell, London 1967, pp. 470-545.
- Disenfranchisement, persecution and self-help of Jews in Austria, March to October 1938 . In: Gerald Stourzh , Birgitta Zaar (ed.): Austria, Germany and the Powers. International and Austrian aspects of the “Anschluss” from March 1938. Verlag der ÖAW , Vienna 1990, pp. 367–417.
literature
- Susanne Blumesberger, Michael Doppelhofer, Gabriele Mauthe: Handbook of Austrian authors of Jewish origin from the 18th to the 20th century . Volume 2: J-R. Edited by the Austrian National Library. Saur, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-598-11545-8 , pp. 1144f.
Web links
- Erika Weinzierl on Herbert Rosenkranz ( Memento from September 27, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ^ Munich, Vienna and Barcelona Jewish Displaced Persons and Refugee Cards, 1943–1959 (JDC) Record for Herbert Rosenkranz File No. BRA 125
- ↑ An Austrian historian who swims against the current: Dr. Andreas Maislinger (Israel Nachrichten, April 10, 1992) ( Memento of March 9, 2001 in the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rosary, Herbert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian-Israeli historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 7, 1924 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna , Austria |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 5, 2003 |
| Place of death | Jerusalem |