“We are deeply grateful for his long -term, tireless commitment to Strengthening Polish-Israeli relations” – it was written on the portal of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Zeev Baran was born in 1935 in Vilnius. His father – Elijah Baran pseud. Oedipus – He was a soldier of the Home Army.
In 1943, he tried to get out of the German prison of Bronisław Komorowski, also AK and AK and uncle of the future president of the Republic of Poland. The efforts had no effect – Komorowski was killed in January 1944.
The son of Elijah Baran – AK soldier is dead
Elijah Baran himself died even earlier, at the end of 1943 in Ponary; He was detained by Lithuanian police collaborating with Germanybut despite the brutal investigation, he did not spend anyone.
One of the few survivors He was from the Holocaust of his family members Zeev Baranwhich in 1948 He emigrated to Israel.
Then changed his Polish name (Włodzimierz) to ZEV (which in Hebrew means a wolf). He spent the first few years in the kibbutz.
The Honorary Consul of the Republic of Poland in Jerusalem died. He was an architect
After graduation at the Hajf University of Technology, he opened architectural studio. In 1973, after the attack of Arab countries on Israel, he took part in the war of Jom Kipur (he later left in the rank of major).
W 1999 r. became the Honorary Consul of the Republic of Poland in Jerusalem and since then often He came to Poland. He also met with Bronisław Komorowskiin the years 2010-2015 President of the Republic of Poland.
Was associated with Polish culture and literaturehis house was filled with Polish books, he loved Sienkiewicz.
Zev Baran is dead. He took care of Polish -Jewish relations
Supported various activities to break negative stereotypes and prejudices in Polish-Jewish relations. In various countries he participated in a series of lectures and debates on the subject: “Historical coexistence of Jews and Poles, and the challenge of reconciliation”. He also got involved in the renewal of the Polish accommodation at the Catholic cemetery in Zion in Jerusalem.
In 2002 he received Diploma of the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs for outstanding merits for Poland In the world, and later he was awarded the Knight's Cross, Officer's Cross and the Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta.