Saul Friedländer (Hebrew: שאול פרידלנדר) (born Prague, October 11, 1932) is an award-winning Israeli historian and currently a professor of history at UCLA.
Born in Prague to German-speaking Jews, Friedländer grew up in France and survived the German Occupation of 1940–1944. From 1942 until 1944, Friedländer was hidden in a Catholic boarding school in Montlucon, near Vichy, posing as a Gentile. While in hiding, he considered converting to Roman C...
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Saul Friedländer (Hebrew: שאול פרידלנדר) (born Prague, October 11, 1932) is an award-winning Israeli historian and currently a professor of history at UCLA.
Born in Prague to German-speaking Jews, Friedländer grew up in France and survived the German Occupation of 1940–1944. From 1942 until 1944, Friedländer was hidden in a Catholic boarding school in Montlucon, near Vichy, posing as a Gentile. While in hiding, he considered converting to Roman Catholicism. His parents attempted to flee to Switzerland, were arrested instead by Vichy French gendarmes, turned over to the Germans and were gassed at the Auschwitz death camp. Not until 1946 did Friedländer learn the fate of his parents.
After 1946, Friedländer started to take pride in being a Jew and became a Zionist. In 1948, Friedländer emigrated to Israel on the Irgun ship "Altalena". After finishing high school, he served in the Israeli army. From 1953-55, he studied Political Science in Paris. Later, Friedlander served as secretary to...
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