Fritz Leopold Steinthal
Fritz Leopold Steinthal (born August 4, 1889 in Charlottenburg , † October 12, 1969 in Buenos Aires ) was a German-Argentinian rabbi .
Life
Fritz Leopold Steinthal was born in 1889 as the son of a family of the educated Jewish bourgeoisie in Charlottenburg. After graduating from the Kaiser-Friedrich-Schule, he took the rabbi exam at the College for the Science of Judaism , before taking the state examination for teaching at grammar schools at the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität . From 1919 to 1938 Steinthal was the rabbi of the Jewish community in Münster . At the same time he was director of studies at the Marks-Haindorf Foundation there . As a representative of his community, he was an active member of the Prussian State Association of Jewish Communities . As a result of anti-Semitism , Steinthal emigrated to Argentina in 1938 . There he founded the liberal community Culto Israelita de Belgrano in 1939 . In 1969 Steinthal died in exile in Argentina.
literature
- Hans Chanoch Meyer (ed.): From the history and life of the Jews in Westphalia. A collective font . Frankfurt / M., 1963.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Steinthal, Fritz Leopold |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-Argentine rabbi |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th August 1889 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 12, 1969 |
| Place of death | Buenos Aires |