Leopold Lucas

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Leopold Lucas (born September 18, 1872 in Marburg ; died September 13, 1943 in Theresienstadt concentration camp ) was a German historian and rabbi.

Life

After graduating from high school Philippinum in Marburg, Leopold Lucas studied history, Jewish science , philosophy and oriental languages in Berlin . He received his doctorate in 1895 in Tübingen with a history of the city of Tire at the time of the Crusades to become a doctor of philosophy. From 1899 he worked as a rabbi in the traditional Jewish community of Glogau .

His scientific work focused primarily on the history of the Jews in the first Christian centuries. With Martin Philippson , who was elected chairman, he, who was appointed secretary, shared the management of the Society for the Advancement of the Science of Judaism . It was founded on December 2, 1902. During the Nazi era , Leo Baeck appointed him to the Berlin University for the Science of Judaism .

On December 17, 1942, the Lucas couple were deported to Theresienstadt , where Leopold Lucas died. His wife Dorothea was deported to Auschwitz concentration camp in October 1944 and murdered there.

Appreciation

  • In 1972, his son Franz D. Lucas founded the Dr. Leopold Lucas Prize , which has been awarded annually at the Eberhard Karls University in Tübingen for outstanding achievements in the humanities and for commitment to international understanding and tolerance. Since 1986, as part of the Dr. Leopold Lucas Prize, the Dr. Leopold Lucas Young Scientists Prizes are awarded, an outstanding dissertation that was submitted to the faculties listed in the foundation statute - the Evangelical Theological and Catholic Theological Faculties and the Faculty of Philosophy and History - is awarded.
  • In 1986 Leopold-Lucas-Straße was named after him in Marburg (formerly Schwangasse). Today the Philippinum grammar school is located here, where he graduated from high school.

Works

  • On the history of the Jews in the fourth century. The struggle between Christianity and Judaism. Reprint of the Berlin 1910 edition, Olms, Hildesheim, 1985, ISBN 3-487-07627-6 .
  • History and spirit. Five essays on understanding Judaism. To commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of Rabbi Dr. Leopold Lucas ed. by Franz D. Lucas. Duncker and Humblot, Berlin 1995, ISBN 3-428-08168-4 .

literature

  • Julius Carlebach , Michael Brocke (ed.): The Rabbis in the German Empire 1871-1945. (= Biographical Handbook of Rabbis, 2). Edited by Katrin Nele Jansen, Jörg H. Fehrs, Valentina Wiedner. KG Saur, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-598-24874-0 , p. 415 f.
  • Hanno Drechsler , Karl Ch. Lingelbach: Rabbi Dr. Leopold Lucas. Marburg 1872 - 1943 Theresienstadt. Attempt an appreciation . Press office of the city of Marburg, Marburg 1987, ISBN 3-923820-18-6 .
  • “You work in a community that has a historical name.” On the life and work of the last Glogau rabbi Leopold Lucas (1872-1942) , in: Silesiographia, status and perspectives of historical research on Silesia . Festschrift for Norbert Conrads on his 60th birthday, ed. Matthias Weber, Carsten Rabe, Würzburg 1998, pp. 105–117.
  • Hans-Joachim Lang : With the weapon of science. Rabbi Leopold Lucas and the struggle for the recognition of Judaism. Special page Schwäbisches Tagblatt , Tübingen May 15, 1999.
  • Joseph Walk (ed.): Short biographies on the history of the Jews 1918–1945 . Ed. Leo Baeck Institute Jerusalem. Saur, Munich 1988 ISBN 3-598-10477-4 p. 248

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personal data
SURNAME Lucas, Leopold
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian and rabbi
DATE OF BIRTH September 18, 1872
PLACE OF BIRTH Marburg
DATE OF DEATH September 13, 1943
Place of death Theresienstadt concentration camp