Simon Hammelburg

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Simon Hammelburg
Simon Hammelburg
Simon Hammelburg
Background information
Born (1952-02-28) 28 February 1952 (age 69)
OriginAmsterdam, Netherlands
Occupation(s)Journalist, author, songwriter, entertainer
Websitesimonhammelburg.com

Simon Hammelburg (born February 28, 1952, Amsterdam) is a Dutch entertainer,[1] songwriter, journalist, and Holocaust educator.[2][3]

Media career[]

During the 1970s he e was a news anchor and a travelling journalist for AVRO radio and television.[4] In the early 1980s he became the U.S. Bureau Chief for Dutch and Belgium radio and TV in New York[5] and for several newspapers and weeklies.

Prior to the first Gulf War (1991) he produced the video with director and film maker ,[6] as a token of solidarity to the Israeli people who were threatened by missiles fired from Iraq. Among the performing singers and musicians were George Baker, , , , Marco Borsato, , , Lex Goudsmit, Donald Jones, , Ben Cramer, Lenny Kuhr, Thijs van Leer, , Maggie MacNeal, Harry Sacksioni and . Hammelburg co-wrote the song with . With Inbar and Sijbesma, he received an award by the Knesset.

Hammelburg co-authored Mijn Jodendom (‘My Judaism’) and wrote Kaddisj voor Daisy (1996)[7][8] and Broken on the inside - The war never ended (Aerial Media 2014), based on 1200 interviews with Holocaust survivors and their children, providing insights into the traumas of the first and post-war generations of Holocaust victims. The interviews were made during a campaign to help American Jews and other individuals file claims for property they lost during the nazi era in what was to become East Germany.[9]

Bibliography[]

  • Mijn Jodendom (co-author), J.N. Voorhoeve, The Hague, 1980
  • Kaddisj voor Daisy: Herinneringen van holocaust-overlevenden en hun kinderen, Kok, Kampen, 1996
  • Broken on the inside - The war never ended, Aerial Media Company, 2014 (reprint: Aspekt, Soesterberg, 2018)
  • Van binnen is alles stuk: Herinneringen van vernielde generaties, (Dutch adaptation of Broken on the inside), Aerial Media Company, 2014 (reprint: Aspekt, Soesterberg, 2018)
  • Het voorgesprek, Aspekt, Soesterberg, 2017
  • Ons Jodendom (co-author), Uitgeverij Ipenburg, Elburg, 2017

References[]

  1. ^ Simon Hammelburg Theater Encyclopedie
  2. ^ Interview with Simon Hammelburg in Nieuw Israëlitisch Weekblad ("New Israelite Weekly"), 23 November 2014
  3. ^ Profile on Simon Hammelburg in Joods Actueel ("Jewish Current"), June 2017
  4. ^ Simon Hammelburg Beeld & Geluid AVRO
  5. ^ Beeld & Geluid KRO TV from New York.
  6. ^ Simon Hammelburg (co-author), Ons Jodendom, Elburg, 2017, p. 120-121.
  7. ^ Review of Kaddisj voor Daisy in daily newspaper Trouw, 14 February 1997
  8. ^ Review of Kaddisj voor Daisy in daily newspaper NRC Handelsblad, 31 January 1997
  9. ^ 2 Wage Campaign to Aid Victims of Nazis : Compensation: They are helping Americans file claims for property that they or their families forfeited when they fled Hitler's forces
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