Isaac Behar
Isaak Behar (born September 6, 1923 in Berlin ; † April 22, 2011 there ) was a Jewish contemporary witness of the persecution of the Jews and an important co-initiator of the rebuilding of a Sephardic synagogue in Berlin.
Life
He was born in Berlin as the son of Sephardic parents. Quote: “My passport was Turkish, my mother spoke Ladino , my religion was Jewish, my upbringing was Prussian”. As the only member of the family - his parents and his two sisters were murdered in early 1943 - he survived the Shoah hidden underground and only began to talk about it decades later.
In 2002 he published his autobiography , Promise Me You Will Stay Alive . He passed on his memories of the time of National Socialism to schoolchildren, military recruits, candidates in the police service and to other interested parties. According to Berlin's Senator for the Interior, Ehrhart Körting , he “ helped shape a generation of young police officers”.
Isaak Behar was a community elder in Berlin for many years. He died on April 22, 2011 in Berlin and was buried in the Scholzplatz Jewish cemetery .
Fonts
- Promise me you'll stay alive A Jewish fate. Ullstein, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-89834-036-8 .
Awards
source
- Jüdische Allgemeine , Edition 18/11, May 5, 2011, p. 14
Web links
- Isaak Behar is dead - obituary for the Berlin elder in: Jüdische Allgemeine from April 27, 2011
- Isaak Behar (born 1923) in: Der Tagesspiegel from May 12, 2011
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Behar, Isaac |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Holocaust survivor and contemporary witness |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 6, 1923 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 22, 2011 |
| Place of death | Berlin |