Gotthard German
Gotthard Deutsch ( January 31, 1859 in Kanitz , Austrian Empire - October 14, 1921 in Cincinnati ) was an Austrian rabbi and historian .
Life
After finishing school in Nikolsburg , he went to Breslau , where, in addition to studying at university, he also attended the Jewish Theological Seminary . He continued his studies in Vienna. He got his first job as a religion teacher in Brno and was then employed in Brüx . When he received a call from the Hebrew Union College ( Rabbinical Seminary ) in Cincinnati ( USA ), he accepted the professorship there in 1891 for Jewish philosophy.
Gotthard Deutsch has authored numerous books and hundreds of newspaper articles. He died in Cincinnati in 1921.
literature
- German, Gotthard. In: Lexicon of German-Jewish Authors . Volume 5: Carmo – Donat. Edited by the Bibliographia Judaica archive. Saur, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-598-22685-3 , pp. 369-374.
- Klaus-Dieter Alicke: Lexicon of the Jewish communities in the German-speaking area. Volume 2: Großbock - Ochtendung. Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2008, ISBN 978-3-579-08078-9 ( online edition ).
- Gotthard German. In: Gabriele von Glasenapp , Hans Otto Horch : Ghettoliteratur. A documentation on the German-Jewish literary history of the 19th and early 20th centuries . Tübingen: Max Niemeyer, 2005, pp. 840-842
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | German, Gotthard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | rabbi |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 31, 1859 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kanitz |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 14, 1921 |
| Place of death | Cincinnati |