Yehuda Bauer
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Yehuda Bauer is an Israeli historian and leading Holocaust scholar renowned for his extensive research on genocide, antisemitism, and Holocaust education.
All labels observed (1)
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| Yehuda Bauer canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1617881 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Yehuda Bauer Context triple: [Olof Palme Prize, hasAwarded, Yehuda Bauer]
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A.
Menachem Ussishkin
Menachem Ussishkin was a prominent Zionist leader and head of the Jewish National Fund who played a central role in promoting Jewish settlement and land acquisition in Palestine in the early 20th century.
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B.
Shlomo Ganzfried
Shlomo Ganzfried was a 19th-century Hungarian rabbi and halachic authority best known for composing the widely used concise code of Jewish law, the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch.
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C.
Mordechai Bentov
Mordechai Bentov was an Israeli politician and signatory of the Israeli Declaration of Independence who served in several ministerial roles in the early years of the state.
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D.
Meir Argov
Meir Argov was an Israeli politician and Zionist activist who served as a member of Israel’s first legislative bodies and played a role in the country’s early political development.
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E.
Avraham Katznelson
Avraham Katznelson was a Zionist leader and physician who played a significant role in the political foundations of the State of Israel.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Yehuda Bauer Target entity description: Yehuda Bauer is an Israeli historian and leading Holocaust scholar renowned for his extensive research on genocide, antisemitism, and Holocaust education.
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A.
Menachem Ussishkin
Menachem Ussishkin was a prominent Zionist leader and head of the Jewish National Fund who played a central role in promoting Jewish settlement and land acquisition in Palestine in the early 20th century.
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B.
Shlomo Ganzfried
Shlomo Ganzfried was a 19th-century Hungarian rabbi and halachic authority best known for composing the widely used concise code of Jewish law, the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch.
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C.
Mordechai Bentov
Mordechai Bentov was an Israeli politician and signatory of the Israeli Declaration of Independence who served in several ministerial roles in the early years of the state.
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D.
Meir Argov
Meir Argov was an Israeli politician and Zionist activist who served as a member of Israel’s first legislative bodies and played a role in the country’s early political development.
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E.
Avraham Katznelson
Avraham Katznelson was a Zionist leader and physician who played a significant role in the political foundations of the State of Israel.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Holocaust scholar
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historian ⓘ person ⓘ |
| areaOfInfluence |
Holocaust education policy
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genocide prevention discourse ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Israel Prize
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surface form:
Israel Prize for history
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| citizenship | Israel ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Czechoslovakia ⓘ |
| countryOfResidence | Israel ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1926-04-06 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Cardiff University
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Hebrew University of Jerusalem ⓘ |
| employer |
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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YadVashem ⓘ
surface form:
Yad Vashem
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| ethnicGroup |
Jews
ⓘ
surface form:
Jewish people
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| familyName | Bauer ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Holocaust education
ⓘ
Holocaust studies ⓘ Jewish history ⓘ antisemitism studies ⓘ genocide studies ⓘ |
| genre |
historical research
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non-fiction ⓘ |
| givenName | Yehuda ⓘ |
| hasAcademicRank | professor emeritus ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
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Hebrew ⓘ |
| memberOf |
International Council of Yad Vashem
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advisory bodies on Holocaust education ⓘ |
| movement |
Holocaust remembrance
ⓘ
surface form:
Holocaust remembrance movement
|
| name | Yehuda Bauer self-link ⓘ |
| notableFor |
contributions to Holocaust education
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research on antisemitism ⓘ research on genocide ⓘ research on the Holocaust ⓘ |
| notableIdea | Holocaust as a unique but not exclusive genocide ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A History of the Holocaust
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Jews for Sale? Nazi–Jewish Negotiations, 1933–1945 ⓘ Rethinking the Holocaust ⓘ The Holocaust in Historical Perspective ⓘ |
| occupation |
historian
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researcher ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Prague ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Academic advisor to Yad Vashem
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Professor of Holocaust Studies ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| workInstitution | Institute of Contemporary Jewry ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Yehuda Bauer Description of subject: Yehuda Bauer is an Israeli historian and leading Holocaust scholar renowned for his extensive research on genocide, antisemitism, and Holocaust education.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.