Isaac Lipschits

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Isaac Lipschits (born November 19, 1930 in Rotterdam , † May 24, 2008 in Groningen ) was a Dutch historian, political scientist and Holocaust survivor .

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Isaac Lipschits was born in Rotterdam in 1930 and grew up there. From 1942 onwards, his parents made him hide himself and his younger brother. In this way, both children managed to survive the persecution of the Jews and the Second World War , while the rest of the family was deported to Eastern Europe and killed.

After the Second World War, Lipschits became professor of contemporary history and political science and taught at various universities in the Netherlands and Israel.

One of his main concerns throughout his life was to remember the persecution and murder of European Jews. His book Onbestelbaar (Undeliverable) , published in 1992, contains a letter to his mother in which he tells of the fate that befell him and his family. In this work, Lipschits took the persecution of the Jews seriously.

After his retirement he devoted much of his time to commemorating the Dutch victims of the Holocaust. He succeeded in this in an impressive way as the originator of the project digital monument of the Jewish community in the Netherlands , in which he was also significantly involved: A large number of the biographies contained there go back to his own historical research.

Lipschits became known as the first translator of the often reprinted complete first part of Marx ' Capital in Dutch (anniversary year 1967).

Literature by Isaac Lipschits (selection)

  • 1962: La politique de la France au Levant 1939–1941
  • 1966: Honderd jaar NIW: het Nieuw Israëlietisch Weekblad, 1865–1965
  • 1971: Simulaties in de internationale politiek
  • 1977: Politieke stromingen in Nederland: inleiding tot de geschiedenis van de Nederlandse politieke partijen
  • 1977: Ontstaansgeschiedenis van de Nederlandse politieke partijen
  • 1977 ev: Verkiezingsprogramma's 1977, 1981, 1986, 1989, 1994, 1998: Verkiezingen voor de Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal
  • 1992: Onbestelbaar: herinneringen in letter form
  • 1997: Tsedaka: een halve eeuw Joods Maatschappelijk plant in Nederland
  • 2001: De kleine sjoa: Joden in naoorlogs Nederland
  • 2004: Rafael Gerstenfeld. 1900–1976: een man van goede daden

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SURNAME Lipschits, Isaac
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch historian and political scientist
DATE OF BIRTH November 19, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Rotterdam
DATE OF DEATH May 24, 2008
Place of death Groningen