Sionizmo link: Rudolfo Valsonoko gyvenimo istorija XX amžiuje
Towards Zionism: Life Story of Rudolfas Valsonokas in the XXth Century
Author(s): Vygantas VareikisSubject(s): Political history, Fascism, Nazism and WW II, History of the Holocaust, History of Antisemitism
Published by: Vytauto Didžiojo Universitetas
Keywords: Rudolfas Valsonokas; Nathan Naphtal; Samuel Gringauz; World War II; Kaunas ghetto; Dachau concentration camp; Zionism;
Summary/Abstract: Jewish journalist, lawyer and businessman Rudolfas Valsonokas is known in Lithuanian historiography as the author of the book “Klaipėda problem”, in which he analysed the political and socio-economical processes in the Klaipėda (Memel) region. However, other significant features of Rudolf Valsonok’s biography remain unknown. Based on documents from Lithuanian and German archives, historiographical and other materials, the article analyses the details of Rudolf Valsonok’s biography, his activities in the Klaipėda region, contacts with the Polish diplomats, his life (survival) in the Kaunas ghetto and the Dachau Concentration Camp, and his ideological drift from folkism to Zionism after his liberation from the Dachau concentration camp.
Journal: Istorija. Lietuvos aukštųjų mokyklų mokslo darbai
- Issue Year: 134/2024
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 54-72
- Page Count: 19
- Language: Lithuanian
