Mark Dvorzhetski

Israeli historian
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroIsraeli historian
PlacesIsrael
wasHistorian
Work fieldSocial science
Gender
Male
Birth1 January 1908
Death15 March 1975 (aged 67 years)
The details

Biography

Mark Dvorzhetski (Hebrew: מרק דבורז'צקי‎‎; 3 May 1908 – 15 March 1975) was an Israeli physician, historian and Holocaust survivor. He was born in Lithuania (at the time part of the Russian Empire) and emigrated to Israel after World War II. He authored a number of books on the Holocaust, in particular with reference to the Baltic States and the medical profession.

Awards

  • In 1953, Dvorzhetski was awarded the Israel Prize, for social sciences, the inaugural year of the prize.

    Published works

    (Titles freely translated from the Hebrew)

    • Between the Pieces - an autobiography
    • Jerusalem of Lithuania in Revolt and in the Holocaust – History of the Vilna Ghetto and the Resistance Movement
    • Europe without Children: Nazi Plans for Biological Destruction
    • The Jewish Camps in Estonia
    • Hirshke Glik, Paris 1966
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