Emanuel Tanay
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Emanuel Tanay is an American physician, a forensic psychiatrist, and a Jewish Holocaust survivor.
, a small community just south of Kraków
. His mother, Betty Tenenwurzel, was both a physician and dentist and his father, Bunim Tenenwurzel, was a dentist.
He survived by being hidden in the Catholic monastery of Mogila in Krakow, Poland.
In 1943 Tanay escaped from occupied Poland with his mother and sister to Slovakia and from there to Hungary. They were liberated in January 1945 in Budapest. He immigrated to the United States
after World War II
. He did his psychiatric residency at Elgin State Hospital
in Elgin, Illinois
.
Medical School in Detroit, Michigan
.
entitled A Holocaust Survivor's View on Islam, an essay originally written under the title Why the Peaceful Majority is Irrelevant by a Canadian named Paul E. Marek
who fled Czechoslovakia as a child to escape the Nazis. Tanay is often thought to have been the author of the essay. Marek's essay argues that although the assertions that "Islam is the religion of peace and that the vast majority of Muslims just want to live in peace," may well be accurate, they are 'entirely irrelevant" since small numbers of "fanatics" have taken over governments and committed mass murder in many places. Marek concludes that "Peace-loving Muslims have been made irrelevant by their silence..... like my friend from Germany , they will awaken one day and find that the fanatics own them, and the end of their world will have begun."
Early life
Tanay was born in Vilna but the family soon moved to MiechowMiechów
Miechów is a town in Poland, in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, about 40 km north of Kraków. It is the capital of Miechów County. Population is 11,852 ....
, a small community just south of Kraków
Kraków
Kraków also Krakow, or Cracow , is the second largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in the Lesser Poland region, the city dates back to the 7th century. Kraków has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Polish academic, cultural, and artistic life...
. His mother, Betty Tenenwurzel, was both a physician and dentist and his father, Bunim Tenenwurzel, was a dentist.
He survived by being hidden in the Catholic monastery of Mogila in Krakow, Poland.
In 1943 Tanay escaped from occupied Poland with his mother and sister to Slovakia and from there to Hungary. They were liberated in January 1945 in Budapest. He immigrated to the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
after World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
. He did his psychiatric residency at Elgin State Hospital
Elgin State Hospital
The Elgin Mental Health Center is a mental health facility operated by the State of Illinois in Elgin, Illinois. Although during its history, its mission has changed, at times it treated mental illness, tuberculosis, and provided federally-funded care for veterans...
in Elgin, Illinois
Elgin, Illinois
Elgin is a city in northern Illinois located roughly northwest of Chicago on the Fox River. Most of Elgin lies within Kane County, Illinois, with a portion in Cook County, Illinois...
.
Career
Tanay is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the Wayne State UniversityWayne State University
Wayne State University is a public research university located in Detroit, Michigan, United States, in the city's Midtown Cultural Center Historic District. Founded in 1868, WSU consists of 13 schools and colleges offering more than 400 major subject areas to over 32,000 graduate and...
Medical School in Detroit, Michigan
Michigan
Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
.
A Holocaust Survivor's View on Islam
Tanay received and widely forwarded a viral emailViral email
A viral email is a certain kind of email which rapidly propagates from person to person, generally in a word-of-mouth manner...
entitled A Holocaust Survivor's View on Islam, an essay originally written under the title Why the Peaceful Majority is Irrelevant by a Canadian named Paul E. Marek
Paul E. Marek
Paul E. Marek is a Canadian blogger and op-ed commentator best known for his widely reproduced essay, Why the Peaceful Majority is Irrelevant. He is a second generation Canadian, his grandparents having emigrated from Czechoslovakia prior to the Nazi invasion of 1938.-The essay:Marek published Why...
who fled Czechoslovakia as a child to escape the Nazis. Tanay is often thought to have been the author of the essay. Marek's essay argues that although the assertions that "Islam is the religion of peace and that the vast majority of Muslims just want to live in peace," may well be accurate, they are 'entirely irrelevant" since small numbers of "fanatics" have taken over governments and committed mass murder in many places. Marek concludes that "Peace-loving Muslims have been made irrelevant by their silence..... like my friend from Germany , they will awaken one day and find that the fanatics own them, and the end of their world will have begun."
Books
- American Legal Injustice: Behind the Scenes with an Expert Witness. 2010, Jason Aronson.
- Passport to Life: Autobiographical Reflections on the Holocaust. 2004, Forensic Press.
- The Murderers: 1976, Bobbs-Merrill.