Moshe Bejski
Israeli judge (1921-2007)
Moshe Bejski (Hebrew: משה בייסקי; 29 December 1921 – 6 March 2007) was a Polish-born Israeli Supreme Court Justice and President of Yad Vashem's Righteous Among the Nations Commission. After surviving the Holocaust with the help of Oskar Schindler, Bejski immigrated to Israel. In 1961, he testified about his experiences during the Holocaust during the trial of Adolf Eichmann. He served on the Tel Aviv-Yafo district court from 1968 to 1979 and was appointed to the Supreme Court of Israel, where he served from 1979 to 1991. As President of the Righteous Commission from 1975 to 1991, Bejski helped honor thousands of Holocaust rescuers. He also headed the Bejski Commission in the aftermath of the 1983 Israel bank stock crisis, which led to the nationalization of most of Israel's major banks.
Life
Childhood in Poland
Moshe Bejski was born in the village of Działoszyce, near Kraków, Poland, on 29 December 1921. During his youth, he joined a Zionist organization that organized the move of young Polish Jews to Mandatory Palestine to build a new nation in the Jewish "promised land". However, he was not able to leave for Palestine with his family before the invasion of Poland in 1939 due to health issues.
The Holocaust
The German occupation of Kraków began on 6 September 1939.
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