Rachel Avnery
Rachel Avnery (* 1932 in Berlin ; † May 21, 2011 in Tel Aviv ) was an Israeli peace activist.
Life
Rachel Avnery first worked as a teacher, then as a photographer.
In the biography of Uri Avnery (Kaufhold, 2003) it is noted about her getting to know each other: “... There were violent arguments about Avnery's sheet ( haOlam haZeh ), which z. Some were carried out militantly: it survived three bomb attacks on the editorial office and printing plant, numerous successfully suppressed criminal prosecution proceedings for rioting, two murder attacks. In 1953, a stranger attacked Avnery and broke both of his hands and fingers. But even this traumatic stroke of fate found a positive turn for Avnery: Rachel, who fled Germany to Palestine with her parents at the age of one and still speaks German, looked after him - and became his wife: 'We have five years in sin lived and then married. I think we're pretty much the only Israeli couple I know who are not divorced. '"
In 1993 she and her husband Uri Avnery founded the Israeli peace initiative Gusch Schalom , in 2001 they both received the Right Livelihood Award for it . She died on May 21, 2011 after a long illness in Tel Aviv.
literature
- Roland Kaufhold (2003): Uri Avnery: A portrait. In: Uri Avnery (2003): A life for peace . Heidelberg (Palmyra), pp. 258-287.
Web links
- Gush Shalom / Uri and Rachel Avnery (2001) - portrait on the website of the Right Livelihood Award (English)
- Obituary notice Rachel Avnery (May 2011) (Hebrew and German)
- Pictures by and with Rahel Avnery (Hebrew and German)
- Portrait of Uri Avnery by Roland Kaufhold on haGalil
- Uri Avnery on saying goodbye to Rachel
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Avnery, Rachel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Israeli peace activist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 21, 2011 |
| Place of death | Tel Aviv |