Rokhl Auerbakh | |
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| Native name | רחל אוירבך |
| Born | Rokhl Eiga Auerbakh December 18, 1903 Lanovtsy, Volhynian Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | May 31, 1976 (aged 72) Tel Aviv, Israel |
| Occupation | Writer, historian, Holocaust scholar |
| Language | Polish, Yiddish |
| Education | Graduate degree in philosophy and general history, Jan Kazimierz University, Lviv |
Rokhl Auerbakh (Hebrew: רחל אוירבך, also spelled Rokhl Oyerbakh and Rachel Auerbach) (18 December 1903 – 31 May 1976)[1] was an Israeli writer, essayist, historian, Holocaust scholar, and Holocaust survivor. She wrote prolifically in both Polish and Yiddish, focusing on prewar Jewish cultural life and postwar Holocaust documentation and witness testimonies. She was one of the three surviving members of the covert Oyneg Shabes group led by Emanuel Ringelblum that chronicled daily life in the Warsaw Ghetto, and she initiated the excavation of the group's buried manuscripts after the war. In Israel, she directed the Department for the Collection of Witness Testimony at Yad Vashem from 1954 to 1968.
- ^ Friedman-Cohen, Carrie (1 March 2009). "Rokhl Auerbakh". Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia. Jewish Women's Archive. Retrieved 15 December 2015.