David Littman (activist)

David Gerald Littman
Born(1933-07-04)4 July 1933
London, England
Died20 May 2012(2012-05-20) (aged 78)[1]
Switzerland
CitizenshipBritish
EducationBA and MA degrees
Alma materCanford School, Dorset, England; Trinity College, Dublin; University of London
Known forOperation Mural; Representation at the UN; historian[2]
SpouseBat Ye'or
Children3
Awards"President's private Commemoration" for Operation Mural in Casablanca 1961 by Israeli President Shimon Peres;[3][4] "Hero of Silence" Order from Israel Intelligence Heritage & Commemoration Center Mossad 2009[4]

David Gerald Littman (4 July 1933 – 20 May 2012) was a British Jewish activist[5][6] best known for organising the departure of Jewish children from Morocco when he was 28. He then worked as a lobbyist at the United Nations in Geneva and was also an historian.[7][8] He was married to Bat Ye'or.

  1. ^ Abécassis, Frédéric (21 January 2014). "Questions About Jewish Migrations from Morocco". HAL. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
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  5. ^ Medick, Veit (13 March 2009). "Germany Asked to Boycott UN Racism Conference". Der Spiegel. Retrieved 10 January 2010.
  6. ^ "Religious Freedom to Get Spotlight Conference to Focus on Persecuted Church", The State, p. B2, 12 March 1998, accessed 12 January 2010
  7. ^ Thomas, Martyn and Adly A. Youssef, Copts in Egypt: A Christian Minority under Siege, (Orthdruk Bialystok, 2006), 190; David Gerald Littman: Historian, born in London, received his BA and MA degrees in modern history and political science at Trinity College Dublin.
  8. ^ Islam et judéo-christianisme: texte inédit: Intervention philosophique, p. 38, Jacques Ellul, Presses universitaires de France, 2004, ISBN 978-2-13-054215-5, accessed 13 January 2010