Wikipedia's first sentence called it “israeli historian and writer”. Today it says “israeli historian”.
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Gilad Margalit ( Hebrew : גלעד מרגלית ; 1959 in Haifa , Israel – 23 July 2014) was an Israeli historian, writer, and professor in the Department of General History at the University of Haifa . Margalit's academic research focused on various aspects of post-war Germany and its process of coming to terms with the Nazi past ( Vergangenheitsbewältigung ), including antisemitism and attitudes to ethnic minorities — Romani , Turks and Jews . He particularly examined expressions and reflections of the Germans dealing with this matter. Margalit also worked on an oral history project about the Turks in Germany and their process of creating a collective German-Turkish identity.
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The opening as it stood in 2015
Gilad Margalit ( , 1959 in Haifa , Israel–23 July 2014) was an Israeli historian and writer, and a professor in the Department of General History at the University of Haifa . Margalit's academic research focused on various aspects of post-war Germany and its process of coming to terms with the Nazi past ( Vergangenheitsbewältigung ), including antisemitism and attitudes to ethnic minorities— Jews , Romani and Turks . He is particularly interested in various expressions and reflections of the Germans dealing with this situation. Margalit is also working on an oral history project about the Turks in Germany and their process of creating a collective German-Turkish identity. Gilad Margalit's page at the University of Haifa Official website "Streitbares Gedenken Zum Tod des israelischen Historikers Gilad Margalit" (in German).
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Gilad Margalit ( , 1959 in Haifa , Israel – 23 July 2014) was an Israeli historian and writer, and a professor in the Department of General History at the University of Haifa . Margalit's academic research focused on various aspects of post-war Germany and its process of coming to terms with the Nazi past ( Vergangenheitsbewältigung ), including antisemitism and attitudes to ethnic minorities— Romani , Turks and Jews . He is particularly interested in various expressions and reflections of the Germans dealing with this situation. Margalit also worked on an oral history project about the Turks in Germany and their process of creating a collective German-Turkish identity. Gilad Margalit's page at the University of Haifa Official website "Streitbares Gedenken Zum Tod des israelischen Historikers Gilad Margalit" (in German).
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Israeli historian, writer and professor (1959-2014) Gilad Margalit ( , 1959 in Haifa , Israel – 23 July 2014) was an Israeli historian, writer, and professor in the Department of General History at the University of Haifa . Margalit's academic research focused on various aspects of post-war Germany and its process of coming to terms with the Nazi past ( Vergangenheitsbewältigung ), including antisemitism and attitudes to ethnic minorities — Romani , Turks and Jews . He particularly examined expressions and reflections of the Germans dealing with this matter. Margalit also worked on an oral history project about the Turks in Germany and their process of creating a collective German-Turkish identity.
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israeli historian and writer
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israeli historian
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