Lazarus, Arnold, 1877-1932

Arnold Lazarus was born in Breslau in 1877, where his father Leiser Lazarus was Principal of the Jewish Theological Seminary. Lazarus passed his rabbinical examination at this seminary while simultaneously studying at the University of Breslau. After teaching religion in Breslau, he was summoned to Frankfurt in 1904, practicing there alongside Rabbi Caesar Seligmann and later with Rabbi Georg Salzberger. He was a field chaplain in World War I. He died in 1932.

From the guide to the Arnold Lazarus Collection, 1879-1944, (Leo Baeck Institute Archives)