Judith Buber Agassi (Hebrew:יהודית בובר אגסי; 17 June 1924 – 15 July 2018) was a German-born Israeli social scientist, who wrote aboutwomen,work and the experience of those imprisoned inRavensbrück concentration camp. She also edited the work of her motherMargarete Buber-Neumann and her grandfatherMartin Buber.
Judith Buber was born inHeppenheim,Germany on 17 June 1924, at the house of her grandparents, Paula andMartin Buber. Her parents, Rafael Buber and his first wife,Margarete, lived there for a year, along with Judith's older sister Barbara. After the couple divorced, Rafael was awarded custody and the girls were raised at their grandparents' home in Heppenheim. She migrated toJerusalem in March 1938.[1]
She was educated atBeth Hakerem High School and theHebrew University of Jerusalem, graduating in 1951 with an MA in history. In 1949 she married the philosopherJoseph Agassi.[2] She earned her doctorate at theLondon School of Economics in 1960, with a thesis onlocal government andparliamentary democracy.[3]
Her motherMargarete Buber-Neumann spent four years as a political prisoner inRavensbrück concentration camp. Judith Buber Agassi spent years interviewing women who had survived the camp,[4] and recovered the identities of over 16,000 prisoners.[citation needed]
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