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Yosef Kleinman

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Yosef Kleinman
Born
Yosef Zalman Kleinman

January 1930
Died4 May 2021(2021-05-04) (aged 91)
Jerusalem, Israel

Yosef Zalman Kleinman (January 1930 – 4 May 2021) was a Slovakian Holocaust survivor, who testified against Adolf Eichmann at his trial.[1][2]

Early life

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Yosef Zalman Kleinman was born in Slovakia in January 1930.[3]

Kleinman was deported by the occupying Nazi administration to Auschwitz concentration camp, at the age of 14. His father, mother, and sister were killed at the camp.[3]

Eichmann trial

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Supreme Court of Israel hearing Eichmann's appeal in March 1962.

Kleinman was one of 110 witnesses at the trial of Adolf Eichmann in 1961.[4]

Death

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Yosef Kleinman died in Jerusalem on 4 May 2021 at the age of 91.[5]

Book

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  • חלצת נפשי ממות (Thou hast delivered my soul from death) (2010)[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Youngest Holocaust Survivor To Testify Against Eichmann Dies At 91". Yeshiva World News. 5 May 2021. Archived from the original on 5 May 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Auschwitz survivor who testified against Adolf Eichmann dies at 91". Los Angeles Times. Associated Press. 4 May 2021. Archived from the original on 6 May 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  3. ^ a b Zion, Ilan Ben (4 May 2021). "Holocaust survivor who testified against Eichmann dies at 91". Associated Press. Jerusalem, Israel. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  4. ^ Kampeas, Ron (4 May 2021). "Yosef Kleinman, the youngest survivor to testify at Eichmann trial, dies at 91". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  5. ^ Kampeas, Ron (5 May 2021). "Yosef Kleinman, youngest survivor to testify at Eichmann trial, dies at 91". The Jerusalem Post. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  6. ^ Yosef, Kleinman (2010). חלצת נפשי ממות [Thou hast delivered my soul from death] (in Hebrew). Jerusalem: ירושלים : יוסף זלמן קליינמן. Archived from the original on 2021-05-10. Retrieved 2021-05-08.