Warschauer, Malwin, 1871-1955

Malwin Warschauer was born in 1871 in Kanth, Lower Silesia, (today Kąty Wrocławskie, Poland), to the family of a timber merchant. He studied at the Hochschule für die Wissenschaft des Judentums in Berlin, which he later headed, and then served as a rabbi from circa 1900-1945. Biographical notes from his son indicate that he worked primarily in the Neue Synagoge in Berlin during the period 1900-1939, and thereafter was active in England. He emigrated to Woking, Surrey, England, at which time he changed his forename to Malvin. He died in England in 1957.

From the guide to the Malvin Warschauer Collection, 1917-1988, bulk 1917-1954, (Leo Baeck Institute)