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:''For other people of the same name, see David Landau (disambiguation).'' David J. Landau (1920 in Warsaw – 1996 in Sydney), also known as Dudek, Janek and Jan, was a resistance fighter in the Warsaw Ghetto, Poland, in 1944. He is the author of a memoir, ''Caged'' (1999), about the wartime experiences of his compatriots. ==Life== Landau was born in Warsaw in 1920, into a wealthy Polish-Jewish family. Before World War II, he worked in the family furs business. After the German invasion of Poland Landau became a member of Polish Underground. He fought in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and was captured. Sent to extermination camp, Landau survived by jumping from the train. After the war, Landau left Poland through Czechoslovakia, Germany and France and finally emigrated to Australia with his wife Luba in 1947. He ran a clothing business there, before turning to real estate. He died in 1996.〔( David J. Landau, ''Caged - A Story of Jewish Resistance'' ) ISBN 0-7329-1063-3〕 In 1999, the Landau family published the first edition of his memoir, ''Caged'', written in the memory of wartime colleagues and those who did not survive but promised themselves: ‘Whoever survives owes it to us to tell the story.’ His writing was encouraged by others, and the work was completed just days before his passing.〔 The second edition of ''Caged'' was published in 2000 by Pan Macmillan in Sydney, Australia.〔( David J. Landau, National Library of Australia )〕 Some writers on the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, most notably Moshe Arens,〔Moshe Arens, Flags Over the Warsaw Ghetto (Gefen Books, Jerusalem: 2011)〕 accept Landau's book uncritically and treat it as an entirely reliable and accurate account of the struggle waged by the Jewish Military Union (ŻZW) (in whose ranks Landau claims to have fought). Historians, however, have raised questions about its credibility and dispute many of the author's claims.〔Dariusz Libionka & Laurence Weinbaum Bohaterowie, hochsztaplerzy, opisywacze Wokół Żydowskiego Związku Wojskowego (Stowarzyszenie Centrum Badań nad Zagładą Żydów, Warsaw: 2011〕 In June 2005, in a letter to the editor of the Israel daily Haaretz,〔(Letters to the Editor, Haaretz, 10 June 2005 )〕 Avraham Cykiert of Mulgrave, Australia claimed to have ghost written the book and said that Landau's daughter had "doctored" his manuscript. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「David J. Landau」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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