ErostrateDiscovering the world's cultures, one work at a time
My list 0

How the works were chosen

Israel

Author · Israel

Haim Gouri

Died in 2018

Haim Gouri, born Gurfinkel in Tel Aviv on 9 October 1923, was raised in Tel Aviv, at kibbutz Beit Alfa and at the Kadoorie agricultural school. He joined the Palmach in 1941, took part in 1946 in the sabotage of British radar stations, then left in 1947 for Hungary to prepare Holocaust survivors for departure, before fighting in the Negev in 1948. He covered the Eichmann trial in 1961, made documentaries on the Holocaust, received the Israel Prize in 1988 and died in Jerusalem on 31 January 2018, aged ninety-four.

In the catalogue 1