Laqueur, Walter Zeev

Birth Name Laqueur, Walter Zeev
Birth Name לקויר, זאב
Call Name Walter
Call Name זאב
Gender male

Events

Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Birth May 26, 1921 Wrocław Breslau, województwo Dolnośląskie, Polska  

 
Aliyah 1938   Walter Laqueur left Germany for British Mandate Palestine

Event Note

Walter Laqueur's parents were unable to leave, and perished in the Holocaust.

 
Education 1939 האוניברסיטה העברית בירושלים Hebrew University of Jerusalem, ירושלים, ישראל  

Event Note

From 1939 to1944, Walter Laqueur lived in Jerusalem.
From 1944 to 1953, he worked as a journalist, covered Palestine and, for several years, other Middle Eastern countries.

 
Occupation      

Event Note

From 1964 to 1980, Walter Laqueur directed the Institute of Contemporary History (Wiener Library) in London.

 
Marriage 1941   Walter Laqueur married Naomi Barbara Koch

Event Note

In 1996, Walter Laqueur married Christa Wichmann (nee Gentzen)

 

Parents

Father Laqueur, Fritz
Mother Berliner, Else

Media

Pedigree

  1. Laqueur, Fritz
    1. Berliner, Else
      1. Laqueur, Walter Zeev

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