Robert S. Wistrich
Professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1945–2015)
Robert Solomon Wistrich (April 7, 1945 – May 19, 2015) was a British-Israeli academic and author. He was a leading scholar of antisemitism in Europe. He was also the Neuburger Professor of European and Jewish history at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He wrote and edited at least 30 books.
Wistrich was born in Lenger, Kazakh SSR (now Kazakhstan). His parents were leftist Polish Jews who moved to escape antisemitism. He later moved to France with his family, and grew up in England.
Wistrich died from a heart attack on May 19, 2015 in Rome, Italy. He was 70.[1]
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change- ↑ "Robert Wistrich, leading scholar of anti-Semitism, dies of heart attack". The Jerusalem Post. 20 May 2015. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
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