Joseph Kratzenstein
Joseph Julius Kratzenstein (born April 2, 1904 in Marienhagen ; died November 15, 1990 ) was a German educator and rabbi .
Kratzenstein came as the youngest of four children of the innkeeper Felix (Selig) Kratzenstein (1864-1919) and his wife Dina Kratzenstein, nee. Strauss, (1867–1943) to the world. The parents lived in the old school home in the center of Marienhagen. After attending primary school, he entered the Jewish teachers' college in Münster at Easter 1918 . There he attended the preparation course for three years and the seminar course for three years. In March 1924 he passed the first teacher examination at the Protestant teacher training college in Hamm and passed the Matura examination at the secondary school in Idar in October 1927 .
From the winter semester 1927/28 he studied history, philosophy and education at the University of Berlin . During this time he also worked at the College for the Science of Judaism . In the winter semester 1929/30 he came to the University of Zurich , where he attended the Faculty of Philosophy at the July 1931 Willy Freytag with the work Pedagogy Friedrich Eberhard von Rochow doctorate was. He was a teacher of Hebrew in Zurich and deputy rabbi of the Jewish community.
In 1946 he became the first Grand Rabbi of the Israelite Community of Luxembourg after the war, but resigned from this office in December 1948.
literature
- Alain Meyer: Les Grands rabbins du Luxembourg (PDF)
- Annette Brunschwig, Ruth Heinrichs, Karin Huser: History of the Jews in the Canton of Zurich. From the beginning to the present day. Orell Füssli, Zurich 2005.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Support group "Synagoge in Vöhl" eV: Jews in Vöhl
- ↑ CV in the dissertation
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kratzenstein, Joseph |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kratzenstein, Joseph Julius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German educator and rabbi |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 2, 1904 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Marienhagen |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 15, 1990 |