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Saul Friedländer
Israeli historian
Saul Friedländer | |
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Friedländer in 2008 | |
| Born | (1932-10-11) October 11, 1932 (age 92) Prague, Czechoslovakia |
| Occupation | Essayist, historian, Professor of History at UCLA |
| Nationality | Israeli/American |
| Period | 20th century, Holocaust, Nazism |
| Genre | Historical, essay |
| Spouse | Orna Kenan |
| Children | Eli, David, Michal |
Saul Friedländer (Hebrew: שאול פרידלנדר; born October 11, 1932) is a Czech-born Jewish historian and a professor emeritus of history at UCLA.
Biography
Saul Friedländer was born in Prague to a family of German-speaking Jews. He was raised in France and lived through the German Occupation of 1940–1944. From 1942 until 1946, Friedländer was hidden in a Catholic boarding school in Montluçon, near Vichy. While in hiding, he converted to Roman Catholicism and later began preparing for the Catholic priesthood. His parents attempted to flee to Switzerland, were arrested instead by Vichy French Lucy grealy photo!