Shimon Redlich (Hebrew: שמעון רדליך; born 1935) is an Israeli historian and Holocaust survivor, professor emeritus at the Ben Gurion University, a specialist in the modern history of Jews in Eastern Europe, Russia and the USSR.
Biography Redlich was born in Lviv in 1935. He and his family moved to Brzezany, located in what is now Ukraine, the same year. In 1943 his father was killed during a round-up, and the family went into hiding with the help of a Polish and a Ukrainian families.
Redlich is one of the child survivors starring in the 1946 film Unzere kinder.Summer Symposium on the Holocaust Screens 1948 Film Unzere Kinder Followed by Discussion with Child Survivor and Cast Member Shimon Redlich live from Israel
In 1950 he emigrated to Israel. He earned BA at Hebrew University, MA from Harvard University and PhD from New York University. In 1972 he began teaching at Ben Gurion University and retired as full professor in 2003.
Works
Monographies
Together and Apart in Brzezany: Poles, Jews, and Ukrainians, 1919-1945 Yekelchyk, Serhy. Journal of Ukrainian Studies; Toronto Vol. 30, Iss. 1, (Summer 2005): 139-141.
Essays
External links
Shimon Redlich profile at Ben Gurion University
References