1. Max Isaac Dimont was a Finnish American Jewish historian, lecturer, publicist, and writer.
11 Facts About Max Dimont
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Max Dimont's father, Hyman Dimont, was a merchandise broker and Talmudic scholar, and returned to teaching Hebrew in his later years.
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Max Dimont, who did not speak any English, taught himself the language by reading Shakespeare and the King James version of the Bible.
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Max Dimont finished four years of American high school in two years.
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Max Dimont worked part-time at the Cleveland Public Library; his first full-time work was as a salesman at a Thom McAn store, then as a newspaperman.
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Max Dimont served as a paratrooper and a interpreter officer for the United States Army Intelligence and Security Command during World War II.
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Max Dimont published his first book, Jews, God and History in 1962 to overwhelming success.
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Max Dimont never made suffering the focus of his books unlike many other Jewish historians and instead exalted in the endurance of Jews.
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Max Dimont developed severe vision impairment and was nearly blind by the end of his life.
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Max Dimont died on March 25,1992, after undergoing heart surgery.
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Max Dimont spoke Finnish, Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, German, Yiddish, Hebrew, and English.