What is Robert S. Wistrich?
[[File:Robert Wistrich.JPG|thumb|Wistrich in May 2013.]] '''Robert Solomon Wistrich''' (April 7, 1945 &ndash; May 19, 2015) was a [[British people|British]]-[[Israelis|Israeli]] [[academic]] and [[author]]. He was a leading [[scholar]] of [[antisemitism]] in Europe. He was also the Neuburger Professor of [[European history|European]] and [[Jewish history]] at the [[Hebrew University of Jerusalem|Hebrew University]] of [[Jerusalem]]. He wrote and edited at least 30 books. Wistrich was born in [[Lenger]], [[Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic|Kazakh SSR]] (now [[Kazakhstan]]). His parents were leftist [[Poles|Polish]] [[Jews]] who moved to escape antisemitism. He later moved to [[France]] with his family, and grew up in [[England]]. Wistrich died from a [[heart attack]] on May 19, 2015 in [[Rome]], [[Italy]]. He was 70.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.jpost.com/Diaspora/Robert-Wistrich-leading-scholar-of-anti-Semitism-dies-of-heart-attack-403590|title=Robert Wistrich, leading scholar of anti-Semitism, dies of heart attack|newspaper=[[The Jerusalem Post]]|date=20 May 2015|accessdate=20 May 2015}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category}} * {{Official|http://pluto.huji.ac.il/~robertw/index.html}} {{Bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Wistrich, Robert S.}} [[Category:1945 births]] [[Category:2015 deaths]] [[Category:British historians]] [[Category:Hebrew University of Jerusalem faculty]] [[Category:Jewish British academics]] [[Category:Kazakhstani writers]] [[Category:Naturalized citizens of Israel]] [[Category:Naturalised citizens of the United Kingdom]] [[Category:Soviet Jews]]