Rolf Eden, Germany's leading playboy who fought for Israel, dies at 92
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- 02 Nov 2022
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Wars had shaped much of the early life of Rolf Eden, a German-Jewish impresario and nightclub owner who died Thursday in Berlin at the age of 92.
But Eden’s adult years were shaped by the pursuit of pleasure, as he became one of Germany’s leading playboys, an unapologetic womanizer who left an outsized legacy on the Berlin nightlife scene and the country’s broader sex culture.
What is Rolf Eden's story?
In 1933, when he was only 3, his family fled the Nazis in Germany for Israel, where Eden, born Rolf Sigmund Sostheim, grew up and fought in Israel’s War of Independence.
Eden served in the Palmah force, which served as the basis for the Israel Defense Forces, as a member of its dreaded convoys that attempted to reach besieged Jerusalem. Many of those were suicide missions that ended with dozens of dead and wounded defenders. Read More...
