case of Moses Schorr: rabbi, scholar, and social activist
TitelThe case of Moses Schorr: rabbi, scholar, and social activist
Auteur
Call number943.8004924/0045
Objectnummer04950w
Plaats van uitgaveOxford, England
Jaar van uitgave
2009
Pagina'spp426-459
MateriaalArtikel
ReeksPolin : studies in Polish Jewry, Vol. 21
ISBN9781904113362
NotesArticle from the book ' 1968 forty years after' pp426-459
Beschrijving
Moses Schorr was born in Galicia. He received his education at the Jewish Theological Institute and was ordained in 1900. He was a member of the Rabbinical Council of Warsaw and chair of several Jewish social, cultural and charitable organizations. By virtue of his high standing in Jewish society, he was appointed to the Polish Senate and remained in this position until 1938. He was arrested in October 1939 and extensively interrogated, and died in July 1941. The documents relating to his interrogations are given