Daniel Blatman
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Daniel Blatman is an Israeli historian, specializing in history of the Holocaust.[1] Blatman is the head of the Institute for Contemporary Jewry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.[1]
Career History
[edit]Blatman was a visiting scholar at the Centre for European Studies at Harvard University, 2012–13.[2]
Books
[edit]- The Death Marches. The Final Phase of Nazi Genocide, Cambridge Mass. and London: Harvard University Press, 2011[3][4]
Criticism of the Israeli Government
[edit]In association with the 2023 Israeli judicial reform the Likud-led far-right coalition were compared to Germany in the 1930s by some journalists and historians in Israel including by Daniel Blatman,[5] an Israeli historian, specializing in history of the Holocaust, [1] and head of the Institute for Contemporary Jewry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.[6] When interviewed by Ayelett Suhani for Haaretz, Blatman said "Israel's government has neo-Nazi ministers. It really does recall Germany in 1933".[5] His remarks drew some international attention from long-standing critics of Israel.[7] However, he was referring specifically to the authoritarian aspects of 1930s Germany, he did not draw direct connections to the ghettos or the Holocaust.[5]
He is listed in the signatures on the open letter "STATEMENT OF GENOCIDE SCHOLARS ON ISRAEL-PALESTINE" from 21 May 2021.[8]
In 2016 he criticised Benjamin Netanyahu for referring to removal of Israeli settlers from the West Bank as "ethnic cleansing".[9] This triggered a discourse with Benny Morris,[10] in which Blatman asserted that ethnic cleansing had been done by Israel in 1948.[11]
Prizes
[edit]- 1991: The Pridan Prize for Studies in East European Jewish History, Hebrew University.[1]
- 1993: Jakob Buchman Prize for the Memory of the Holocaust[1]
- 2011: Yad Vashem International Book Prize for Holocaust Research[12]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "Dr. Daniel Blatman — United States Holocaust Memorial Museum". www.ushmm.org. Retrieved 2021-03-27.
- ^ University, Harvard (2021-03-27). "Daniel Blatman". Center for European Studies at Harvard University. Retrieved 2021-03-27.
- ^ Blatman, Daniel (2013-11-18). "The Death Marches, The Final Phase of Nazi Genocide". Harvard University Press. Archived from the original on 2013-06-24. Retrieved 2019-11-04.
- ^ "The Death Marches: The Final Phase of Nazi Genocide". Goodreads. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
- ^ a b c Shani, Ayelett (10 February 2023). "'Israel's government has neo-Nazi ministers. It really does recall Germany in 1933'". Haaretz. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
- ^ "Dr. Daniel Blatman — United States Holocaust Memorial Museum". www.ushmm.org. Retrieved 2021-03-27.
- ^ "UK Labour Marxists hand out papers at party conference comparing Israel to Nazis". 24 September 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
- ^ "STATEMENT OF GENOCIDE SCHOLARS ON ISRAEL-PALESTINE". (open letter). 21 May 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
- ^ Daniel Blatman (3 October 2016). "Netanyahu, This Is What Ethnic Cleansing Really Looks Like". Retrieved 19 August 2024.
- ^ Benny Morris (10 October 2016). "Israel Conducted No Ethnic Cleansing in 1948". Retrieved 19 August 2024.
- ^ "Yes, Benny Morris, Israel Did Perpetrate Ethnic Cleansing in 1948". 14 October 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
- ^ "The Yad Vashem International Book Prize for Holocaust Research 2019 - www.yadvashem.org". book-prize.html. Retrieved 2019-10-21.
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