Zalman Grinberg
Zalman Grinberg | |
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Born | September 4, 1912 |
Died | August 8, 1983 Mineola, New York, USA | (aged 70)
Occupation | Physician |
Spouse | Eva Klein |
Children | 3 sons |
Zalman Grinberg (September 4, 1912 – August 8, 1983) was a medical doctor who served as the chairman for the Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the American sector of Germany and Austria after World War II.
Early life
Zalman Grinberg was born on September 4, 1912 in Lithuania.[1] He was educated as a medical doctor with a specialty in radiology. He was imprisoned in the concentration camp at Dachau.[1]
Career
Shortly after the war, he found himself near the monastery of St. Ottilien.[1] There, managed to set up a hospital at the monastery, recruiting nurses and physicians among the concentration camp survivors.[1]
Subsequently, he was appointed to the Central Committee ("ZK"), which was seated in Munich.[1] He moved to Israel and became the director of the Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikva.[1] He emigrated to the United States in 1955, where he became a psychiatrist.[1]
Personal life
He was married to Eva Klein. They had three sons, Yair, Moshe and Raffi.[1]
Death
He died in Mineola, New York.[1]
References
- 1912 births
- 1983 deaths
- People from Kaunas
- Dachau concentration camp survivors
- American people of Lithuanian-Jewish descent
- Displaced persons camps in the aftermath of World War II
- American psychiatrists
- Israeli Jews
- Israeli people of Lithuanian-Jewish descent
- Israeli radiologists
- Lithuanian emigrants to Israel
- Lithuanian Jews
- Israeli emigrants to the United States
- Imperial Russian Jews