Zev Golan

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Zev Golan (Hebrew: זאב גולן) is an Israeli historian, author, and Senior Research Fellow at the Jerusalem Institute for Market Studies, where he was previously Director of the Public Policy Center.[1] In the 1970s he was one of the world's foremost Nazi hunters. Coordinating with Simon Wiesenthal and Israeli Police he helped bring to justice Romanian cleric and former fascist Valerian Trifa and former Nazi collaborator Boleslavs Maikovskis.[2] He moved to Israel in 1979.[2]

Books[edit]

Golan is the author of many books, among them:

  • God, Man and Nietzsche: A Startling Dialogue Between Judaism and Modern Philosophers
  • Free Jerusalem: Heroes, Heroines And Rogues Who Created The State Of Israel
  • Stern: The Man and His Gang
  • Golan also translated the memoirs of Stern Group commander Israel Eldad into English.[3]
  • Golan is the English translator of Hanna Armoni's Hebrew memoirs of her teenage years in the Stern Group, Are You Waiting for Eliahu?
  • Machtarot Be'Maasar (The History of the Jerusalem Central Prison During the British Mandate, in Hebrew)
  • Michtavim Nivcharim (editor of Israel Eldad: Selected Letters 1944-1995, in Hebrew)
  • Shofarot Shel Mered (The Shofars of the Revolt, in Hebrew)
  • Zion's Captive Heroes
  • The Western Wall Wars
  • Lechu Neranena Le'et Hageula (editor of a selection of commentaries by Shlomo Molcho, in Hebrew)
  • Kitvei Shlomo Molcho (editor, The Collected Writings of Shlomo Molcho, in Hebrew)

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Our team". Jerusalem Institute for Market Studies.
  2. ^ a b "Devora Publishing - Golan".
  3. ^ "Zev Golan". Gefen Books.