About Abraham Cykiert
Lived 1926 – 2009 (aged 82). Abraham Cykiert was a Polish and Australian journalist and writer.
Abraham Cykiert (26 April 1926 – 6 March 2009) was an Australian Holocaust survivor and Melburnian playwright and Zionist activist of the 1970s.
Abraham Cykiert was born 26 April 1926 in Łódź, Second Polish Republic. As a child, he was forced to live in Łódź Ghetto during the German occupation of Poland and then was forcibly moved first to Auschwitz death camp, from which he escaped, and then to Buchenwald. The translation of his diaries from Yiddish language was published after the war in The Manchester Guardian.
Cykiert died in Melbourne.
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Who was Abraham Cykiert?
Australian Holocaust survivor (1926-2009)
When was Abraham Cykiert born?
Abraham Cykiert was born on 26 April 1926 in Łódź.
When did Abraham Cykiert die?
Abraham Cykiert died on 6 March 2009 in Melbourne.
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Abraham Cykiert was a journalist and writer.
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Abraham Cykiert was Polish and Australian.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Abraham Cykiert. https://biography.guide/abraham-cykiert/
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