Zalman Grinberg (September 29, 1912 – August 8, 1983) was a medical doctor who served as the chairman for the Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the American sector of

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Early life

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'', August 9, 1983 He was educated as a medical doctor with a specialty in

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. He was imprisoned in the concentration camp at Dachau.

Career

Shortly after the war, Zalman led a group of 800 nearly dead Dachau prisoners in search of help, eventually finding himself near the monastery of St. Ottilien. There, managed to set up a hospital at the monastery, recruiting nurses and physicians among the concentration camp survivors. Subsequently, he was appointed to the Central Committee ("ZK"), which was seated in

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. He moved to

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and became the director of the Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikva. He emigrated to the

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in 1955, where he became a psychiatrist.

Personal life

He was married to Eva Klein. They had three sons, Yair, Moshe and Raffi.

Death

He died in

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Grinberg, Zalman 1912 births 1983 deaths Physicians from Kaunas Dachau concentration camp survivors Displaced persons camps in the aftermath of World War II American psychiatrists 20th-century Israeli Jews Israeli radiologists Lithuanian emigrants to Israel Lithuanian Jews Israeli emigrants to the United States Jews from the Russian Empire