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Gilad Margalit

Gilad Margalit was an Israeli historian and professor at the University of Haifa who studied how postwar Germany dealt with its Nazi past.

1959 to 2014Research on postwar German memoryStudy of Germany's Sinti and RomaOral history of German Turks

Born: 4 January 1959, Haifa
Died: 23 July 2014
Occupation: historian of Modern Age, historian, non-fiction writer, university teacher
Education: Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Gilad Margalit was born in 1959 in Haifa

Margalit was born in Haifa in 1959. His father, Yosef Margalit, served as president of the Haifa District Court.

He studied general history at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, finishing his bachelor's degree with honors in 1984 and his master's degree with honors in 1989. He completed his doctorate there in 1996, supervised by Moshe Zimmermann and Dan Diner. The thesis won the Jacob Talmon Prize.

He became a professor in the Department of General History at the University of Haifa. His research covered antisemitism and German attitudes toward minorities such as the Sinti and Roma, Turks and Jews. He wrote on Germany's Gypsies after 1945, on German memory of the war dead, and led an oral history project on German Turks.

He helped found the Haifa Center for German and European Studies in 2007 and served as its deputy director. He died of cancer in July 2014 and was buried at Kibbutz Ein Carmel. He had a son and 4 daughters.

Milestones in Gilad Margalit's life

1959
Born in Haifa.
1984
Completed a bachelor's degree with honors at the Hebrew University.
1996
Completed his doctorate at the Hebrew University.
1998
Published his book on Germany and its Gypsies.
2007
Won the Bahat Prize and helped found the Haifa Center for German and European Studies.
2008
Joined the academic steering committee of the Bucerius Institute.
2010
Published the English edition of Guilt, Suffering, and Memory.
2014
Died of cancer.