Moshe Bejski | |
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 Bejski testifying at Adolf Eichmann's trial in Jerusalem, 1961 | |
| Justice of the Supreme Court of Israel | |
| In office 1979–1991 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 December 1921 Działoszyce, Kielce Voivodeship, Poland |
| Died | 6 March 2007 (aged 85) Tel Aviv, Israel |
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Moshe Bejski (Hebrew: משה בייסקי, 29 December 1921 – 6 March 2007) was a Polish-born Israeli Supreme Court Justice and President of Yad Vashem's Righteous Among the Nations Commission. After surviving the Holocaust with the help of Oskar Schindler, Bejski immigrated to Israel. In 1961, he testified about his experiences during the Holocaust during the trial of Adolf Eichmann. He served on the Tel Aviv-Yafo district court from 1968 to 1979 and was appointed to the Supreme Court of Israel, where he served from 1979 to 1991. As President of the Righteous Commission from 1975 to 1991, Bejski helped honor thousands of Holocaust rescuers. He also headed the Bejski Commission in the aftermath of the 1983 Israel bank stock crisis, which led to the nationalization of most of Israel's major banks.