Kolínské kořeny Richarda Glazara (Goldschmida)
The roots of Richard Glazar (Goldschmid) in Kolín

Author(s): Ladislav Jouza, Miroslava Jouzová
Subject(s): Jewish studies, Recent History (1900 till today), History of Judaism, Fascism, Nazism and WW II, History of the Holocaust, History of Antisemitism
Published by: Židovské Muzeum v Praze
Keywords: Jews; Richard Glazar; Goldschmid; Kolín; roots;
Summary/Abstract: Richard Glazar (29 November 1920, Prague – 20 December 1997, Prague) is known to the general public as one of the few people who managed to escape from the Treblinka death camp. As one of the last witnesses to the mass murders at Treblinka, he exerted a great deal of effort and energy to provide testimony about what happened there. He also wrote his story down and had it published as a book. Richard Glazar’s family roots are linked to the central Bohemian town of Kolín; his father was a member of the Goldschmid family, whose presence in Kolín was documented from the second half of the 18th century. He retained memories of his grandparents from Kolín, as well as his childhood experiences and his two years at high school there. How these roots in Kolín influenced the personality of Richard Glazar is a question that this paper seeks to answer.

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