Moshe Zimmermann (born 25 December 1943) is an
Israeli historian
A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the st ...
and writer. Since 1986 he has been director of the Richard Koebner Minerva Center for German History at the
Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Biography
Moshe Zimmerman was born in
Jerusalem
Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...
.
Academic career
Zimmermann received his undergraduate, graduate and doctorate in history at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem where he also currently works. His academic research focuses on the social history of Germany in the 18th and 20th centuries, as well as the history of German Jews and
antisemitism
Antisemitism (also spelled anti-semitism or anti-Semitism) is hostility to, prejudice towards, or discrimination against Jews. A person who holds such positions is called an antisemite. Antisemitism is considered to be a form of racism.
Antis ...
.
In 2015 he was interviewed and filmed for the documentary
The Essential Link: The Story of Wilfrid Israel by
Yonatan Nir, in which he offered more angles to explain why
Wilfrid Israel
Wilfrid Berthold Jacob Israel (11 July 1899 – 1 June 1943) was an Anglo-German businessman and philanthropist, born into a wealthy Anglo-German Jewish family, who was active in the rescue of Jews from Nazi Germany, and who played a significan ...
's story did not receive the expected public attention.
Lawsuit
In 2002, Zimmermann sued ''
Haaretz'' for an unflattering mention in an article authored by a former student. In 2004, the lawsuit was, however, dismissed, with Zimmermann having been admonished by the judge.
"Professor Zimmermann's lawsuit against Haaretz is dismissed"
(Hebrew), '' Haaretz'', March 27, 2004.
Awards and recognition
He was honoured with the Humboldt Prize
The Humboldt Prize, the Humboldt-Forschungspreis in German, also known as the Humboldt Research Award, is an award given by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation of Germany to internationally renowned scientists and scholars who work outside of G ...
in 1993, and the Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm Prize from the German Academic Exchange Service
The German Academic Exchange Service, or DAAD (german: Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst), was founded in 1925 and is the largest German support organisation in the field of international academic co-operation.
Organisation
''DAAD'' is a ...
in 1997. He received Dr. Leopold Lucas Prize from the University of Tübingen
The University of Tübingen, officially the Eberhard Karl University of Tübingen (german: Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen; la, Universitas Eberhardina Carolina), is a public research university located in the city of Tübingen, Baden-W ...
in 2002, and was awarded the 2006 Theodor Lessing Prize for Criticism.
Published works
* German Past – Israeli Memory. Tel Aviv 2002.
* Wilhelm Marr – The Patriarch of Antisemitism, New York, Oxford UP, 1986.
* Wilhelm Marr – The Patriarch of Antisemitism, Jerusalem, Shazar, 1982. (Hebr.)
* Deutsch-jüdische Vergangenheit: Der Judenhass als Herausforderung. Paderborn 2005.
* Goliaths Falle. Israelis und Palästinenser im Würgegriff 2004
* Wende in Israel. Zwischen Nation und Religion. 1996,
* Die deutschen Juden 1914–1945. 1997,
* Hamburgischer Patriotismus und deutscher Nationalismus. Die Emanzipation der Juden in Hamburg 1830–1865, Hamburg, Hans Christians, 1979.
* Deutsche gegen Deutsche. Das Schicksal der Juden 1938–1945. Berlin 2008.
* Die Angst vor dem Frieden. Das israelische Dilemma. Berlin 2010.
References
External links
Zimmerman's page of the homepage of the Hebrew University
1943 births
Israeli historians
Living people
Historians of Jews and Judaism
Israeli people of German-Jewish descent
Hebrew University of Jerusalem alumni
Academic staff of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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