17 Facts About David Cesarani

David Ian Cesarani was a British historian who specialised in Jewish history, especially the Holocaust.

David Cesarani wrote several biographies, including Arthur Koestler: The Homeless Mind.

David Cesarani was professor of Modern Jewish history at the University of Southampton from 2000 to 2004 and research professor in history at Royal Holloway, University of London from 2004 until his death.

David Cesarani's account rejects this outline, detailing Eichmann's attachment to Nazi ideology.

David Cesarani argues that Arendt's account of the Eichmann trial was hindered by her prejudice towards the Eastern European Jewish background of the prosecutor, Gideon Hausner.

Kershaw says that David Cesarani's "revision of Arendt's interpretation is surely correct" in arguing that "Eichmann was a convinced anti-Semitic ideologue in a key position where he himself could initiate action and make things happen" rather than a bureaucrat accepting orders.

The key question, for Gewen, is whether David Cesarani succeeds in demonstrating something new about the nature of Eichmann's antisemitism.

David Cesarani adds useful context regarding the anti-Jewish north-Austrian milieu in which Eichmann was raised, but Gewen doubts that this expands understanding of Eichmann as an individual.

David Cesarani was co-editor of the journal Patterns of Prejudice and the Parkes-Wiener Series of books on Jewish Studies.

In February 2005, David Cesarani was awarded an OBE for "services to Holocaust Education and advising the government with regard to the establishment of Holocaust Memorial Day".

David Cesarani saw the controversy over the Israeli West Bank barrier as being unimportant, and that it is used as a photo opportunity for the world's media.

David Cesarani was born in London to Henry, a hairdresser, and Sylvia.

David Cesarani's parents were communists, and his childhood home was not significantly characterised by Jewish activity but many of his parents' friends were Jews with similar views and his home had a Jewish ambiance which resulted in his Jewish consciousness and to volunteering on a kibbutz.

David Cesarani recalled the shock he felt on discovering that the kibbutzniks had not been forthcoming about the history of the fields where he worked, near Qaqun.

David Cesarani died on 25 October 2015, following the previous month's surgery to remove a cancerous spinal tumour.

David Cesarani had been diagnosed with the cancer in July 2015.

David Cesarani spent the week before his operation checking the footnotes for his final book at the Institute of Historical Research in London, and he was still writing ten days before his death.