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Yosef Zalman Kleinman (January 1930 – 4 May 2021) was a Slovakian Holocaust survivor, who testified against Adolf Eichmann at his trial.

Early life

Yosef Zalman Kleinman was born in Slovakia in January 1930.

Kleinman was deported by the occupying Nazi administration to Auschwitz concentration camp, at the age of 14. His father, mother, and sister were killed at the camp.

Eichmann trial

Kleinman was one of 110 witnesses at the trial of Adolf Eichmann in 1961.

Death

Yosef Kleinman died in Jerusalem on 4 May 2021 at the age of 91.

Book

• חלצת נפשי ממות (Thou hast delivered my soul from death) (2010)

References

1. "Youngest Holocaust Survivor To Testify Against Eichmann Dies At 91". Yeshiva World News. 5 May 2021. Archived from the original on 5 May 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
2. "Auschwitz survivor who testified against Adolf Eichmann dies at 91". Los Angeles Times. Associated Press. 4 May 2021. Archived from the original on 6 May 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
3. ^ Zion, Ilan Ben (4 May 2021). "Holocaust survivor who testified against Eichmann dies at 91". Associated Press. Jerusalem, Israel. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
4. Kampeas, Ron (4 May 2021). "Yosef Kleinman, the youngest survivor to testify at Eichmann trial, dies at 91". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
5. Kampeas, Ron (5 May 2021). "Yosef Kleinman, youngest survivor to testify at Eichmann trial, dies at 91". The Jerusalem Post. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
6. Yosef, Kleinman (2010). חלצת נפשי ממות [Thou hast delivered my soul from death] (in Hebrew). Jerusalem: ירושלים : יוסף זלמן קליינמן. Archived from the original on 2021-05-10. Retrieved 2021-05-08.

• 1930 births
• 2021 deaths
• Holocaust survivors
• Auschwitz concentration camp survivors
• Slovak Jews
• Adolf Eichmann