Ludwig Jakob Mehler
Ludwig Jakob Mehler (also Ludwig Jacob Mehler ; born May 4, 1907 in Berlin ; died April 10, 1945 in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp ) was a German rabbi .
Life
Ludwig Jakob Mehler was born as the son of Julius Mehler and the German poet and children's book author Frieda Mehler , b. Sachs, born. He studied at the College of Jewish Studies , was youth rabbi in Frankfurt , emigrated to the Netherlands , where he was from 1934 to 1943 rabbi of the liberal community of Amsterdam .
In 1943 he and his family were deported to the Westerbork concentration camp , in 1944 to Bergen-Belsen, where he died in April 1945, shortly before the prisoners were liberated, at the age of 37 as a result of inhuman treatment.
Literature (selection)
- Walter Tetzlaff: 2000 short biographies of important German Jews of the 20th century . Askania VG, Lindhorst 1982, ISBN 3-921730-10-4 .
- Joseph Walk (ed.): Short biographies on the history of the Jews 1918–1945. Edited by the Leo Baeck Institute, Jerusalem. Saur, Munich 1988, ISBN 3-598-10477-4 , p. 261.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Joods Monument . https://www.joodsmonument.nl/nl/page/156589/frieda-mehler-sachs
- ↑ Joseph Walk: Short biographies on the history of the Jews 1918-1945 . Saur Verlag, Munich 1988, p. 261.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mehler, Ludwig Jakob |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mehler, Ludwig Jacob |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German rabbi |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 4, 1907 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 10, 1945 |
| Place of death | Bergen-Belsen concentration camp |