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Ezriel Carlebach was born in Leipzig on the 7th of November 1908 into a family of rabbis. His father Ephraim Carlebach founded the Höhere Israelitische Schule there and served as a rabbi until his death in 1936.
On the night of the 3rd of January 1933 a gunshot cut through Ezriel Carlebach's hat while he walked near Berlin. He survived the attack but later faced increasing danger under Nazi rule which led him to move to Berlin and eventually escape across the border near Katowice using counterfeited documents as an Upper Silesian coal miner.
Ezriel Carlebach died suddenly at age forty-eight two months after completing the manuscript for India: Account of a Voyage. Thousands attended his funeral when he died in 1956 leaving behind a widow daughter and orphaned newspaper Ma'ariv whose offices were renamed after him along with nearby light rail stations.
Ezriel Carlebach opposed the Reparations Agreement between Israel and West Germany following World War II because he led opposition against direct negotiations between Israel and West Germany. His editorial style earned him recognition as one of Hebrew journalism's most talented writers despite maintaining skepticism regarding understanding with avowed representatives of Islam.
Ezriel Carlebach served as chief editor of Yidishe Post starting in 1935 while continuing to cover Europe outside Germany. He edited Ma'ariv from its founding on the 15th of February 1948 until his death in 1956 making it the most widely read newspaper in Israel.