Mark Dvorzhetski

Mark Dvorzhetski (Hebrew: מרק דבורז'צקי‎; 3 May 1908 – 15 March 1975) was an Israeli physician, historian and Holocaust survivor.

Mark Dvorzhetski מרק דבורז'צקי
Born	3 May 1908 Lithuania, Russian Empire
Died	15 March 1975 (aged 66) Israel
Occupation	Social historian, physician
Language	Hebrew Yiddish
Citizenship	Israeli
Notable awards	Israel Prize (1953)

Biography

Mark Dvortzhetski was born in Lithuania (at the time part of the Russian Empire). He immigrated to Israel after World War II. He authored a number of books on the Holocaust, in particular with reference to the Baltic States and the medical profession.

Awards and recognition

• In 1953, Dvorzhetski was awarded the Israel Prize, for social sciences,[1] the inaugural year of the prize.

Published works

• Between the Pieces - an autobiography
• Yerusholaym de-Lita in kamf un umkum. Zikhroynes fun Vilner Geto [Lutte et chute de la Jérusalem-de-Lithuanie. Histoire du Ghetto de Vilna], Paris, L’Union Populaire Juive en France 1948 (Jerusalem of Lithuania in Revolt and in the Holocaust – History of the Vilna Ghetto and the Resistance Movement)
• Europe without Children: Nazi Plans for Biological Destruction
• The Jewish Camps in Estonia
• Hirshke Glik, Paris 1966 [2]

See also

• List of Israel Prize recipients

References

1. "Israel Prize recipients in 1953 (in Hebrew)". Israel Prize Official Site. Archived from the original on 24 January 2010.
2. Music from the Holocaust Archived 2011-05-14 at the Wayback Machine