Bruno Kirschner

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Bruno Kirschner (also: Bruno Israel Kirschner ; born August 17, 1884 in Berlin ; died April 13, 1964 in Jerusalem ) was a German non-fiction author, Judaist and co-editor / co-founder of Jüdisches Lexikon , a German-language encyclopedia on Judaism that was published between 1927 and 1930 .

Kirschner was married to Paula Kirschner geb. Jochsberger (born February 8, 1885 in Berlin, died December 24, 1991 in Jerusalem). Kirschner's uncle, Emanuel Kirschner , was a well-known composer and cantor in the Munich Jewish community.

Kirschner himself had a doctorate and emigrated from Berlin to Jerusalem in 1937. After emigrating, he worked with the Leo Baeck Institute at the Germania Judaica . Postponed records and correspondence from 1955 to 1962 are kept in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem .

Publications

  • as editor with Georg Herlitz : Jüdisches Lexikon. An encyclopedic manual of Jewish knowledge in four volumes. (Vol. 1: A – C. , 1927; Vol. 2: D – H. , 1928; Vol. 3: Ib – Ma. , 1928; Vol. 4, 1: Me – R. , 1930; Vol. 4 , 2: S-Z. ). Jüdischer Verlag, Berlin 1927–1930, (reprint: Athenaeum, Frankfurt am Main 1987, ISBN 3-610-00400-2 ).
  • Judaica in nummis. In: Monthly for the history and science of Judaism . Vol. 83 = new series vol. 47, 1939, pp. 590–605 .
  • German mocking medals on Jews. Edited and edited by Arie Kindler . Ernst Battenberg, Munich 1968.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bernd Hontschik : Afterword. In: Max Kirschner: There is a time to cry and a time to laugh. Memories from two worlds. From the American by Ebba D. Drolshagen. Jewish publishing house in Suhrkamp-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2004, ISBN 3-633-54213-2 .
  2. ↑ Collection of Dr. Bruno Kirschner, P 285 in The Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People.
personal data
SURNAME Kirschner, Bruno
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kirschner, Bruno Israel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German non-fiction author, Judaist and editor
DATE OF BIRTH 17th August 1884
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH April 13, 1964
Place of death Jerusalem