Emil Grunzweig
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Emil Grunzweig (Hebrew: אמיל גרינצווייג) (b.1 December 1947, in Cluj,Romania - d.10 February1983in Jerusalem)
was an Israeli educator and a peace activist, one of the prominent members of Peace Now (Shalom Akhshav) movement. He became a symbolic figure of the center -left democratic forces in Israel after having been killed during a peace rally in Jerusalem on February 10, 1983.
Emil Grunzweig was born in the town of Cluj in Transylvania, Romania,as son of a mother (Olga), survivor of the Nazi extermination camp Auschwitz. The family emigrated to France and to Brazil. In 1963 on the way to Israel, the father Samuel died in France. In Israel the mother and her two sons,Emil and Eliezer ,settled in Haifa. There Emil learned at the Real high - school and then enrolled to an army's agricultural unit based in the kibbutz Revivim in the Negev desert. Grunzweig was killed when Yona Avrushmi lobbed a grenade into the crowd of demonstrators. [1] [2] [3] Avrushmi was convicted and sentenced to 27 years in prison. In 2005 Avrushmi was denied early release; he is currently slated to be released in 2010.[1]
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ "Thousands attend Israeli's funeral", The New York Times, 1983-02-12. Retrieved on 2007-08-25.
- ^ Shipler, David K.. "A crude shrine rises at spot where bomb halted protest", The New York Times, 1983-02-16. Retrieved on 2007-08-25.
- ^ Shipler, David K.. "Israel begins to note Jewish terrorism", 1984-01-29. Retrieved on 2007-08-25.
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