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Israeli historian and professor From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Zvi Yavetz (26 April 1925 – 7 January 2013) was an Israeli historian. He was a professor of ancient history at Tel Aviv University.
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Born | 26 April 1925 |
Died | 7 January 2013 87) | (aged
Citizenship | Israel |
Alma mater | Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
Known for | Ancient history research |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | Tel Aviv University |
Zvi Zucker (later Yavetz) was born in Czernowitz, Ukraine.[1] When he was five years old, he was diagnosed with polio and his father committed suicide.[1] After the German occupation in 1941, he was sent to a concentration camp. His relatives, including his mother, were murdered, but he survived the Holocaust and escaped in 1944.[2] Arriving in Turkey, he was transferred to Cyprus and eventually reached Mandatory Palestine.[2]
Initially, Yavetz joined a kibbutz in the Jordan valley.[3] Then he left to study modern history at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.[3] While at university, Yavetz worked as a teacher for deaf and speech impaired children.[3] He received a master's degree and PhD in history, classics and sociology in 1950 and 1956, respectively.[4] In 1960, he carried out post-doctoral research at University of London and Lund University.[4]
Yavetz died in January 2013 and was buried at Kibbutz Tel Yitzhak cemetery.[5]
After completing his PhD, Yavetz helped to found Tel Aviv University.[5] In 1956, he was named the department chair of general history and later, dean of humanities faculty at the university.[5]
In 2008, Yavetz published his autobiography, My Czernowitz.[1] He adopted his mother's family name, Yavetz, when he learned that all members of her family had been killed in the Holocaust.[3]
In 1990, Yavetz was awarded the Israel Prize for humanities.[5] In 1997, he was awarded a doctorate (Honoris Causa) from Beer Sheba University and Munich University.[4]
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