Alexander Büchler (, ; 24 September 1869 in
Fülek (
Fiľakovo),
Kingdom of Hungary – July 1944 in
Auschwitz
Auschwitz concentration camp ( (); also or ) was a complex of over 40 concentration and extermination camps operated by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland (in a portion annexed into Germany in 1939) during World War II and the Holocaust. It con ...
)
was a Hungarian
rabbi
A rabbi () is a spiritual leader or religious teacher in Judaism. One becomes a rabbi by being ordained by another rabbi – known as '' semikha'' – following a course of study of Jewish history and texts such as the Talmud. The basic form o ...
and educator.
He is a son of the
Talmudist rabbi Phineas Büchler of
Mór
Mór (german: Moor) is a town in Fejér County, Hungary. Among the smaller towns in the Central Transdanubia Region of Hungary, it lies between the Vértes and Bakony Hills, in the northwestern corner of Fejér County. The historic roots of th ...
. He was educated at the
gymnasium in
Székesfehérvár
Székesfehérvár (; german: Stuhlweißenburg ), known colloquially as Fehérvár ("white castle"), is a city in central Hungary, and the country's ninth-largest city. It is the regional capital of Central Transdanubia, and the centre of Fejér ...
and at the university and the seminary of
Budapest; he received the degree of
Ph.D. in 1893, and was ordained as rabbi in 1895. In 1897 he was called to
Keszthely.
Literary works
Büchler's works include essays on the
history of the Jews in Hungary, published in the "''Magyar Zsidó Szemle''" and the "''Österreichische Wochenschrift''", and the following books:
* "''Niederlassungen der Juden in Europa im XVI. und XVII. Jahrhundert, mit Besonderer Rücksichtauf Ungarn''", Budapest, 1893 (in Hungarian);
* "''Schay Lamoreh''", "''Kolel Miktebe Ḥakme Yisrael''", Budapest, 1895 (in
Hebrew);
* "''History of the Jews in Budapest''", 1901 (in Hungarian)
References
Inline citations
Sources referenced
:
::By :
Isidore Singer &
Ludwig Venetianer
Ludwig Venetianer ( hu, Venetianer Lajos) (May 19, 1867 in Kecskemét – November 25, 1922 in Újpest) was a Kingdom of Hungary, Hungarian rabbi and writer.
Venetianer was born in Kecskemét. He studied at the rabbinical seminary and the Eötvö ...
JewishEncyclopedia.com - BÜCHLER, ALEXANDERat www.jewishencyclopedia.com
External links
at www.mek.iif.hu
1869 births
1944 deaths
People from Fiľakovo
Hungarian rabbis
Hungarian people who died in Auschwitz concentration camp
Jewish educators
Hungarian educators
Hungarian civilians killed in World War II
Hungarian Jews who died in the Holocaust
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