Nechama Tec, the Glossary
Nechama Tec (née Bawnik, 15 May 1931 – 3 August 2023) was a Polish-American historian who was Professor Emerita of Sociology at the University of Connecticut.[1]
Table of Contents
18 relations: Anne Frank, Anti-Defamation League, Bielski partisans, Columbia University, Daniel Bell, Defiance (2008 film), Gazeta Wyborcza, Invasion of Poland, Jewish Book Council, Lublin, New York City, Roland Tec, Second Polish Republic, Sociology, The Holocaust, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, University of Connecticut, Yad Vashem.
- People from Lublin
Anne Frank
Annelies Marie "Anne" Frank (English:; 12 June 1929 – February or March 1945)Research by The Anne Frank House in 2015 revealed that Frank may have died in February 1945 rather than in March, as Dutch authorities had long assumed.
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Anti-Defamation League
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL), formerly known as the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, is a New York–based international non-governmental organization that was founded to combat antisemitism, bigotry and discrimination.
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Bielski partisans
The Bielski partisans were a unit of Jewish partisans who rescued Jews from extermination and fought the German occupiers and their collaborators around Novogrudok and Lida in German-occupied Poland (now western Belarus).
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Columbia University
Columbia University, officially Columbia University in the City of New York, is a private Ivy League research university in New York City.
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Daniel Bell
Daniel Bell (May 10, 1919 – January 25, 2011) was an American sociologist, writer, editor, and professor at Harvard University, best known for his contributions to the study of post-industrialism.
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Defiance (2008 film)
Defiance is a 2008 American war film directed by Edward Zwick, and starring Daniel Craig as Tuvia Bielski, Liev Schreiber as Zus Bielski, Jamie Bell as Asael Bielski, and George MacKay as Aron Bielski.
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Gazeta Wyborcza
(The Electoral Gazette in English) is a Polish nationwide daily newspaper based in Warsaw, Poland.
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Invasion of Poland
The Invasion of Poland, also known as the September Campaign, Polish Campaign, War of Poland of 1939, and Polish Defensive War of 1939 (1 September – 6 October 1939), was a joint attack on the Republic of Poland by Nazi Germany, the Slovak Republic, and the Soviet Union, which marked the beginning of World War II.
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Jewish Book Council
The Jewish Book Council (Hebrew), founded in 1944, is an American organization encouraging and contributing to Jewish literature.
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Lublin
Lublin is the ninth-largest city in Poland and the second-largest city of historical Lesser Poland.
New York City
New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.
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Roland Tec
Roland Tec is an American writer and movie director. Nechama Tec and Roland Tec are American people of Polish-Jewish descent.
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Second Polish Republic
The Second Polish Republic, at the time officially known as the Republic of Poland, was a country in Central and Eastern Europe that existed between 7 October 1918 and 6 October 1939.
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Sociology
Sociology is the scientific study of human society that focuses on society, human social behavior, patterns of social relationships, social interaction, and aspects of culture associated with everyday life.
The Holocaust
The Holocaust was the genocide of European Jews during World War II.
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) is the United States' official memorial to the Holocaust.
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University of Connecticut
The University of Connecticut (UConn) is a public land-grant research university system with its main campus in Storrs, Connecticut.
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Yad Vashem
Yad Vashem (יָד וַשֵׁם) is Israel's official memorial to the victims of the Holocaust.
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See also
People from Lublin
- Adrian Chmielarz
- Agnieszka Suchora
- Aleksander Bach
- Aleksandra Lubomirska
- Aleksandra Zagórska
- Alexander Toluboff
- Alter Mojze Goldman
- Bartosz Staszewski
- Hela Felenbaum-Weiss
- Henio Zytomirski
- Jadwiga Szubartowicz
- John Strentzel
- Joseph Bertman
- Krzysztof Ciebień
- Leon Berbecki
- Leszek Skiba
- Magdalena Gaj
- Meshullam Ehrlich
- Nechama Tec
- Oki (rapper)
- Phineas Mendel Heilprin
- Piotr Wojtczak
- Riad Haidar
- Sam Yuchtman
- Samuel Klein (businessman)
- Stefan Ciołkowski
- Sławomir Grünberg
- Yitzhak Sadeh
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nechama_Tec
Also known as Defiance: The Bielski Partisans.