Paldiel, Mordecai
PALDIEL, Mordecai
PALDIEL, Mordecai. American/Israeli (born Belgium), b. 1937. Genres: Theology/Religion, History, Philosophy. Career: Yad Vashem: Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority, Jerusalem, Israel, director of Department for the Righteous, 1982-. Free-lance lecturer on the Holocaust. Publications: The Path of the Righteous, 1993; Whosoever Saves (in Hebrew), 1993; Sheltering the Jews, 1994; Es Gab auch Gerechte, 1999; Saving the Jews, 2000. Contributor to periodicals. Address: Yad Vashem, PO Box 3477, 91034 Jerusalem, Israel. Online address: [email protected]
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