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Israel Gutman
1923 - 2013
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1923 - 2013
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1923
DIED
2013
Israel Gutman Obituary
Estee Yaari, spokeswoman for the Holocaust memorial Yad Vashem, said Gutman died in his sleep late Monday in Jerusalem.
Gutman was born in Warsaw in 1923. He was wounded during fighting in the Warsaw Ghetto uprising in 1943 when a few hundred poorly armed Jews put up resistance to Nazi troops who were rounding up residents and sending them to death camps.
His parents and siblings died in the Ghetto while Gutman was incarcerated in two concentration camps as well as the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp.
After the war, he moved to Israel where he helped survivors and devoted himself to studying the Holocaust. He served in several prominent capacities at Yad Vashem including chief historian and head of its international research institute.
In 1961 he testified in the trial of Nazi mastermind Adolf Eichmann who had been nabbed by Mossad agents in Argentina the year before and brought to Jerusalem.
Yad Vashem described Gutman as a "trailblazing historian." Chairman Avner Shalev said his insight as "someone who experienced in the flesh the horrors of the Holocaust, fought in the Warsaw ghetto, was imprisoned in Auschwitz and was a member of the camp's Jewish underground, survived the death marches and was a witness to all that occurred - added an enormous weight to his rare and exceptional strength as a researcher, teacher and leader."
Gutman's projects included the Encyclopedia of the Holocaust which Yad Vashem called "comprehensive and groundbreaking."
He is survived by two daughters, and three grandchildren.
The funeral is due on Wednesday in Jerusalem.
IAN DEITCH
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21 Entries
Bruce & Ila May Bowman
November 3, 2013
Dear Gutman family, there aren't enough words to express the gratitude I, and many Americans, have for your beloved Israel and all he endured in the loss of his entire family to the Nazis. We thank him for the efforts he put into researching the books he has published and left for the rest of us to learn by. May he be with the Lord for eternity and never worry about another bullet or book, but enjoy much time with those he lost. We salute Prof. Israel Gutman.
October 11, 2013
To the Family and Close Friends of Israel Gutman: Our deepest condolences for your loss; hoping that the loving memories that you shared with Israel will sustain you during the difficult times ahead. May you find comfort in the words at Isaiah 2:4: "And he will certainly render judgment among the nations and set matters straight respecting many peoples. And they will have to beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning shears. Nation will not lift up sword against nation, neither will they learn war anymore." Israel Gutman will be greatly missed.
Eg
October 7, 2013
May God bless you and your family in this time of sorrow.
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Penny M
October 3, 2013
Fond memory of Professor Gutman addressing Vladka & Ben Meed's teachers in 1990. A warm smile ,a caring man. My sympathies to the family and to all at Yad Vashem
John PattersonCrites
October 3, 2013
You are now embraced by those we will never forget. You have fulfilled a prophecy and recorded God's tribe's pain. Shalom
October 2, 2013
God Bless your work during those times and may we remember...
October 2, 2013
May your hearts soon be filled with wonderful memories of joyful times together as you celebrate a life well lived. - Eccl. 7:1
Ms. Alexander
October 2, 2013
I would like to express my condolences for your loss of your loved one.
Vanessa
October 2, 2013
With deepest sympathy to the Gutman family during your time of sorrow. God is for us a refuge and strength. (Psalms 91:2) May you find the needed strength from God, family and friends.
Dwayne Bickham
October 2, 2013
in God's care rest in peace
collins
October 2, 2013
You gave so much, endured til the end, the battle is over... God says welcome home.
Joel and Sandra Greenberg
October 2, 2013
May his memory be for a blessing! And to his family, "Ha'makom yenahem etkhem betokh she'ar avelei Tziyonvi'Yerushalayim"
A
October 2, 2013
My deepest sympathies goes out to the family and friends. I pray you all take comfort in God's words Psalms 37:9-11. We look forward to having a world were there are no bad people taking advantage of the weaknesses of others. Mr. Gutman survived such badness to tell about it.
Cynthia
October 2, 2013
May the God of all comfort and peace be with the Gutman family.May Israel fond memories stay close to your hearts.Plsams147:3
TE
October 2, 2013
I would like to extend my warm condolences to the family. Soon we will experience true peace and see our lost loved ones in God's memory again.
Patrick Fiorill
October 1, 2013
Deepest sympathies to the family. May you rest in peace.
Linda Sisan
October 1, 2013
Thinking of the family and the loss of your beloved family member. Psalms 90:10, truly expresses the "special might", that he had. He really had endured so much in his life. May, "the God of all comfort "be with you.
Marie
October 1, 2013
Sincere sympathy to the Gutman family.May God comfort your family in the days and weeks ahead.May your loving memories sustain you, and may perservering in prayer comfort you,Romans 12:12.
Glenn Gerber
October 1, 2013
Mr. Gutman Heaven is a warmer place with your arrival. Rejoice in rejoining the loved ones lost during the Holocaust. May GOD bless your family and those left behind. Fair Winds and Following Seas.
m clark-butts
October 1, 2013
You have fought a good race and won the battle. God Bless You.
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