Background
Moshe Bejski was born on December 29, 1921, in Działoszyce, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, Poland.
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Moshe Bejski testifying at Adolf Eichmann's trial in Jerusalem, 1961
Paris, France
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the Supreme Court of Israel
Moshe Bejski was born on December 29, 1921, in Działoszyce, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, Poland.
During his youth, Moshe Bejski joined a Zionist organization that organized the move of young Polish Jews to Mandatory Palestine to build a new nation in the Jewish "promised land". However, he was not able to leave for Palestine with his family before the invasion of Poland in 1939 due to health issues.
The German occupation of Kraków began on September 6, 1939. The area's Jews were murdered or required to live in the Kraków Ghetto. Bejski's parents and sister were shot soon after they were separated. In 1942, Moshe Bejski, along with his brothers Uri and Dov, ended up in the forced labor camp of Płaszów. He and his brothers eventually got placed on the famous list for Oskar Schindler's factory in occupied Czechoslovakia, where they spent the remainder of the war in relative safety. They were liberated by the Red Army in May 1945. When the brothers discovered the fate of their parents and sister, they decided to emigrate to Palestine.
Moshe Bejski served in the Israel Defense Forces during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, reaching the rank of Captain. In 1949, he was sent to France to manage the Youth Aliyah department in Europe and North Africa until 1952.
Moshe Bejski completed his law degree at the Sorbonne in 1951 and was awarded a doctorate in law for a thesis on human rights in the Bible.
After returning to Israel, Moshe Bejski was certified as a lawyer in 1953 and became one of the most reputable lawyers in Tel Aviv.
Moshe Bejski was appointed a magistrate judge in 1960, a district judge of Tel Aviv-Yafo from 1968 to 1979, and a judge on the Supreme Court of Israel for 12 years, from 1979 until 1991. He also taught legal courses at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Tel-Aviv University from 1960 through 1969.
Moshe Bejski died in Tel Aviv, Israel, on March 6, 2007, at age 85.
Moshe Bejski was married to Erika Sinnreich.