British historian Sir Martin Gilbert, who studied the Holocaust and was the official biographer of Winston Churchill, died on Feb. 3 after a long illness. He was 78.
Gilbert, the author of 80 books, wrote about the Holocaust, World Wars I and II, and Jewish history. Among his books are “A History of the Jews of Europe During the Second World War,” “Jerusalem in the Twentieth Century,” “Churchill and the Jews” and “Never Again: A History of the Holocaust.”
He was serving as a member of Britain’s inquiry panel into the Iraq war at the time of his death.
Inquiry chairman Sir John Chilcot announced the historian’s death on Feb. 3 and paid tribute to Gilbert, telling lawmakers that the panel had benefited from his “wisdom and insights,” the Jewish Chronicle reported. — jta