Micha Brumlik (born 1947 in Davos, Switzerland) is professor of education at the Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main, Germany. From October 2000 to 2005 he was director of the Fritz Bauer Institute for the Study and Documentation of the History of the Holocaust.
Brumlik was born in Davos, Switzerland, in 1947, the son of German-Jewish refugees. In 1968 and 1969, Brumlik was a student in Jerusalem where he became a member of the communist organization Matzpen. [1] An early critic of Israel's treatment of Palestinians, Brumlik joined a kibbutz and identified as an anti-Zionist. [2]
Davos is an Alpine resort town and municipality in the Prättigau/Davos Region in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. It has a permanent population of 10,832 (2020). Davos is located on the river Landwasser, in the Rhaetian Alps, between the Plessur and Albula Ranges.
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