Zvi Yavetz

Zvi Yavetz (; 26 April 1925 – 7 January 2013) was an Israeli historian. He was a professor of ancient history at Tel Aviv University.

Biography Zvi Zucker (later Yavetz) was born in Czernowitz, Ukraine. After the German occupation in 1941, he was sent to a concentration camp. His relatives, including his mother, were murdered, but he survived the Holocaust and escaped in 1944. Arriving in Turkey, he was transferred to Cyprus and eventually reached Mandatory Palestine. In 1960, he carried out post-doctoral research at University of London and Lund University.

Awards and recognition In 1990, Yavetz was awarded the Israel Prize for humanities. In 1997, he was awarded a doctorate (Honoris Causa) from Beer Sheba University and LMU Munich.