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Yitzhak Arad

October 24, 2026 · 1 min read · 1926–2021 · Israeli historian, retired IDF brigadier general and a former Soviet partisan who has served as director of Yad Vashem from 1972 to 1993

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Biography Yitzhak Arad (1926–2021) — Israeli historian, retired IDF brigadier general and a former Soviet partisan who has served as director of Yad Vashem from 1972 to 1993. Yitzhak Arad worked as pedagogue, university teacher, historian, partisan, writer and docent and is associated with Soviet…

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Yitzhak Arad (1926–2021) — Israeli historian, retired IDF brigadier general and a former Soviet partisan who has served as director of Yad Vashem from 1972 to 1993.

Yitzhak Arad worked as pedagogue, university teacher, historian, partisan, writer and docent and is associated with Soviet Union and Second Polish Republic. Their documented life spans the years 1926 to 2021, born in Švenčionys, died in Tel Aviv.

Disciplines pedagogue, university teacher, historian, partisan, writer, docent
Born 1926, Švenčionys
Died 2021, Tel Aviv
Nationality Soviet Union, Second Polish Republic

Sources: Wikidata · Wikipedia

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