David Tidhar

David Tidhar
David Tidhar (before 1950)
David Tidhar (before 1950)
Native name
Hebrew: דוד תדהר
BornDavid Todrosovitz
1897
Died1970
NationalityIsraeli
GenreDetective fiction
Encyclopedia
Notable worksEncyclopedia of the Founders and Builders of Israel (19 vol.)
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David Tidhar (Hebrew: דוד תדהר; 1897 – 1970) was a Jewish-Israeli police officer, private detective and author.

Early life

Tidhar was originally named Todrosovitz. He was involved in community affairs from an early age.[1]

Career

Prior to the outbreak of World War I, he Tidhar founded a sanitary corps that offered advice on how to prevent cholera during the 1916 epidemic and a clothing and shoe distribution program for the impoverished Jewish community.[1]

Tidhar volunteered for the Jewish Legion in 1918 and helped protect Jews during the Jaffa riots of 1921. He was among the first people to join the Haganah self-defense group. Post-war he served in the British-run Palestine Police Force in Jerusalem. In 1926 he left the force and established his own private investigation office.[1]

Shlomo Ben-Yisrael, who founded The Detective Library in 1930, wrote a series of weekly chapbooks with Tidhar as the protagonist. Tidhar went on to edit the 19-volume Encyclopedia of the Founders and Builders of Israel; a non-fiction study of crime in Palestine; and an autobiography.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Encyclopedia of the Founders and Builders of Israel | אנציקלופדיה לחלוצי הישוב ובוניו". www.tidhar.tourolib.org. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
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