Wikipedia's first sentence called it “polish-israeli historian”. Today it says “polish-born israeli historian and writer”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Polish-Israeli historian, writer and poet”. It now reads “Israeli writer (1912–1992)”.
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Meir Bosak ( ; May 21, 1912 – November 20, 1992) was a Polish-Israeli historian, writer and poet.1 Bosak was born in Kraków , Poland in 1912. As a youth, he studied in Warsaw . From 1929, Bosak began publishing articles in Polish and in Hebrew on the history of Polish Jewry. He also wrote essays on Hebrew literature as well as stories and poems. During World War II, Bosak first lived in the Kraków Ghetto and subsequently was sent to the Płaszów concentration camp . Bosak survived the war due to the efforts of Oskar Schindler . Following the war, Bosak emigrated to Israel settling in Tel Aviv . "Meir Bosak, Poland" . tst-massuah.scepia-sites.co.il . Ḥanani, Y.
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Meir Bosak (Hebrew: מאיר בוסאק) was a Polish-Israeli historian, writer and poet. Bosak was born in Kraków , Poland in 1912. As a youth, he studied in Warsaw . From 1929, Bosak began publishing articles in Polish and in Hebrew on the history of Polish Jewry. He also wrote essays on Hebrew literature as well as stories and poems. During World War II, Bosak first lived in the Kraków Ghetto and subsequently was sent to the Płaszów concentration camp . Bosak survived the war due to the efforts of Oskar Schindler . Following the war, Bosak emigrated to Israel settling in Tel Aviv . "Meir Bosak, Poland" . tst-massuah.scepia-sites.co.il . Ḥanani, Y.
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Israeli writer (1912–1992) Meir Bosak ( Hebrew : מאיר בוסאק ; 21 May 1912 – 20 November 1992) was a Polish-born Israeli historian and writer. Bosak was born in Kraków , Poland, in 1912. As a youth, he studied in Warsaw . From 1929, Bosak began publishing articles in Polish and in Hebrew on the history of Polish Jewry. He also wrote essays on Hebrew literature as well as stories and poems. During World War II, Bosak first lived in the Kraków Ghetto and subsequently was sent to the Płaszów concentration camp . Bosak survived the war due to the efforts of Oskar Schindler . Following the war, Bosak emigrated to Israel settling in Tel Aviv . "Meir Bosak, Poland" . tst-massuah.scepia-sites.co.il . Ḥanani, Y.
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “polish-israeli historian”. Today it says “polish-born israeli historian and writer”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Polish-Israeli historian, writer and poet”. It now reads “Israeli writer (1912–1992)”. Read the current article and compare.
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polish-born israeli historian and writer
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