Teddy Kollek
Teddy Kollek (Hebrew טדי קולק, originally Theodor, born May 27, 1911 in Nagyvázsony near Veszprém, Austria - Hungary, now: Hungary, † January 2, 2007 in Jerusalem) was an Israeli politician. He was from 1965 to 1993 mayor of Jerusalem.
Life
Teddy Kollek was named born of his Jewish parents Alfred and Margaret collector collector Fleischer after Theodor Herzl, as his father was an avid Zionist. His parents moved shortly after his birth to Vienna. There the family lived from 1918 to 1934 in the third district of Vienna, on the country Hauptstrasse 147, where there is a memorial plaque today. In 1935, three years before the "Anschluss" of Austria to the German Reich, the family emigrated to Palestine, which was a British mandate at that time. Kollek in 1937 was co-founder of Kibbutz Ein Gev on the eastern shore of the Sea of Galilee. In the same year he married Tamar Schwarz, also from Vienna and daughter of a rabbi, with whom he has two children, a son, the director Amos Kollek ( b. 1947 ), and a daughter, the painter Osnat Kollek - Sachs ( b. 1960 ).
During the Second World War collectors sat within the Haganah, a Jewish interests in Europe. After the outbreak of the war he was able to convince Adolf Eichmann to lay off 3,000 Jewish youths from concentration camps, and then brought them to England. Later he was also involved in the Brichah action ( flight assistance). Kollek was a supporter of David Ben -Gurion and worked from 1952 to 1965 in the governments.
1965 Teddy Kollek was Rafi 's successor Mordechai Ish Shalom as Mayor of Jerusalem as the candidate of the Ben-Gurion - party and in 1969, 1973, 1978, 1983 and 1989 re-elected. In the 1993 election he lost to 82- year Likud candidate Ehud Olmert. 1966 Teddy Kollek called the Jerusalem Foundation in which collects worldwide donations for their coexistence activities in Jerusalem now for over 40 years. These funds are used particularly in the educational, cultural and community projects to promote the peaceful coexistence between Jews, Christians and Muslims in the city. After the conquest of East Jerusalem in 1967, Israel had the Moroccan Quarter destroy in order to better reach the Western Wall. Kollek was primarily responsible for the clearance of the houses.
His period of service of 28 years is generally considered successful. Kollek is attributed to have made Jerusalem as a modern city, and his efforts to establish a peaceful coexistence of religions have been widely appreciated. During this time he also founded the Israel Museum, and ordered the Jerusalem Theater. Teddy Kollek was a major supporter of the Austrian Holocaust Memorial Service.
Honors
1988 was Teddy Kollek, the Israel Prize. Other awards include the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade (1985, the prize money he established the Jerusalem Foundation ), the Bavarian Order of Merit, the Moses Mendelssohn Prize, the award for Associate Knight of the Order of St. John and an honorary doctorate from Ben- Gurion University of the Negev in Be'er Sheva, Israel. He was made an honorary citizen of Vienna in 2001. Teddy Kollek will in future grace the Israeli 50 - shekel bills ( about 10 euros ).
In his honor, was initiated in 1999 by the Jerusalem Foundation of Teddy Kollek Award, which is both Israeli and international personalities, the merits of Jerusalem acquired to be awarded.
In memory of Teddy Kollek, the City of Vienna named on 7 October 2008, the future traffic area ( so far) Code No. 12751, in the urban development area Aspanggründe / EUR gate, Teddy Kollek promenade.
Awards:
- Teddy Kollek, Moshe Pearlman, Jerusalem: Sacred City of mankind. His story in 4 millennia; Frankfurt am Main: S. Fischer, 19855; ISBN 3-10-041107-2
- Teddy Kollek, Amos Kollek: A Life in Jerusalem; Frankfurt am Main: Fischer -Taschenbuch -Verlag, 1992; ISBN 3-596-11269-9 ( = Hamburg: Hoffmann und Campe, 19852, ISBN 3-455-08913-5 )
- Teddy Kollek, Shulamit Eisner: Jerusalem
- Teddy Kollek, Dov Goldstein: Jerusalem and me. memoirs; Frankfurt am Main: Fischer -Taschenbuch -Verlag, 1998; ISBN 3-596-13864-7 ( = Frankfurt am Main: S. Fischer, 1995; ISBN 3-10-041111-0 )
- Jerusalem ( Policy Papers ); published by the Washington Institute for Middle East policy; Washington, D.C., 1990
- Teddy Kollek, Moshe Pearlman: Pilgrims to the Holy Land; Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1971; ISBN 978-0-297-00130-0 (English)
Appreciation
In 1999, Teddy Kollek Award was donated by the Jerusalem Foundation, the people who made themselves worthy to build a modern and open Jerusalem.