Yosef Kleinman Explained

Yosef Kleinman
Birth Name:Yosef Zalman Kleinman
Birth Date:January 1930
Birth Place:First Czechoslovak Republic
Death Place: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

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.

Eichmann trial

See main article: Eichmann trial.

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

Death

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

Book

Notes and References

  1. News: Youngest Holocaust Survivor To Testify Against Eichmann Dies At 91. 5 May 2021. Yeshiva World News. 7 May 2021. 5 May 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210505201451/https://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/headlines-breaking-stories/1971119/youngest-holocaust-survivor-to-testify-against-eichmann-dies-at-91.html. live.
  2. News: 4 May 2021 . Auschwitz survivor who testified against Adolf Eichmann dies at 91 . . Associated Press . live . 7 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210506231159/https://www.latimes.com/obituaries/story/2021-05-04/holocaust-survivor-auschwitz-testified-against-adolf-eichman-dies . 6 May 2021.
  3. News: Zion. Ilan Ben. 4 May 2021. Holocaust survivor who testified against Eichmann dies at 91. Associated Press. Jerusalem, Israel. 7 May 2021. 7 May 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210507014649/https://apnews.com/article/middle-east-health-coronavirus-pandemic-930a72303fde307f42344b4c0ae249dc. live.
  4. News: Kampeas. Ron. 4 May 2021. Yosef Kleinman, the youngest survivor to testify at Eichmann trial, dies at 91. Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 7 May 2021. 7 May 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210507014649/https://www.jta.org/quick-reads/yosef-kleinman-survivor-who-testified-at-eichmann-trial-dies-at-92. live.
  5. News: Kampeas. Ron. 5 May 2021. Yosef Kleinman, youngest survivor to testify at Eichmann trial, dies at 91. The Jerusalem Post. 7 May 2021. 7 May 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210507031814/https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/yosef-kleinman-youngest-survivor-to-testify-at-eichmann-trial-dies-at-91-667235. live.
  6. Book: Yosef, Kleinman. 2010. חלצת נפשי ממות. Thou hast delivered my soul from death. Hebrew. Jerusalem. ירושלים : יוסף זלמן קליינמן. 2021-05-08. 2021-05-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20210510142440/https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/bib231295. live.