Moshe Zimmermann | |
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משה צימרמן | |
 Moshe Zimmermann (2010). | |
| Born | (1943-12-25)25 December 1943 (age 81) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | History |
| Institutions | Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
Moshe Zimmermann (Hebrew:משה צימרמן; born 25 December 1943) is anIsraelihistorian and writer. He is aprofessor emeritus at theHebrew University of Jerusalem. From 1986 to 2012 he was the director of the Richard Koebner Minerva Center for German History.[1][2]
Moshe Zimmerman was born inJerusalem.
Zimmermann received his undergraduate, graduate and doctorate in history at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem where he also currently works. His academic research focuses on the social history of Germany in the 18th and 20th centuries, as well as the history of German Jews andantisemitism.
In 2015 he was interviewed and filmed for the documentaryThe Essential Link: The Story of Wilfrid Israel byYonatan Nir, in which he offered more angles to explain whyWilfrid Israel's story did not receive the expected public attention.
Zimmermann was taken to court several times and cited for defamation in the wake of comments he made in 1995 regarding comparisons that he thought might be drawn between settlers inHebron and Nazi youth, in the wake ofBaruch Goldstein'sCave of the Patriarchs Massacre. The lawsuits against him were all dismissed.[3]In 2002, Zimmermann suedHaaretz for libel after it published an unflattering mention in an article authored by a former student, who claimed Zimmermann drew comparisons between Israel and Nazism while being supported financially by Germany.[3] In 2004, the lawsuit was, however, dismissed, with Zimmermann having been admonished by the judge for making controversial analogies and yet, at the same time, not accepting criticism of his views. Zimmermann later expressed regret for the lawsuit.[4]
He was honoured with theHumboldt Prize in 1993, and the Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm Prize from theGerman Academic Exchange Service in 1997. He received Dr. Leopold Lucas Prize from theUniversity of Tübingen in 2002, and was awarded the 2006 Theodor Lessing Prize for Criticism.
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