Leo Baeck correspondence, 1951.

Mendelssohn (Family : Mendelssohn, Moses, 1729-1786)

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The Mendelssohn family was an upper-class family in Prussia which rose to prominence in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Its most renowned members include the Jewish philosopher Moses Mendelssohn and the composer Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy. The family was also distinguished in banking, and several of the sons of the family were bankers. Moses Mendelssohn was born in Dessau on September 26, 1729 and died in Berlin on January 4, 1786. He married Fromet Gugenheim...

Mendelssohn, Moses, 1729-1786

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Moses Mendelssohn was an internationally renowned philosopher of the Enlightenment while remaining an observant Jew who defended Judaism and advocated for Jewish civil rights. Moses Mendelssohn was born in 1729 in Dessau, the son of a Torah scribe, and received a traditional Talmudic education. His mother Bela Rachel Sara was descended from an illustrious line of rabbis. At age 14, Moses Mendelssohn followed his rabbi to Berlin; in Berlin, Mendelssohn encountered a group of early enlightened ...

Epstein, Louis H.

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Baeck, Leo, 1873-1956

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20th century German-Polish-Jewish Rabbi, scholar, and a leader of Progressive Judaism. On 27 Jan. 1943, he was deported to the Theresienstadt concentration camp. He became the "honorary head" of the Council of Elders (Judenrat) in Theresienstadt. As such, he was protected from transports and with his protection list, could also save his relatives from transports, among others his grand-niece Ruth (b. 1925). Moreover, Baeck became "prominent", which meant that he had better accommodation, better ...