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Gabriel Riesser was born in Hamburg in 1806 into a family of German rabbis. He studied law at the universities of Kiel and Heidelberg and became a champion of Jewish emancipation in Germany. In 1848/49 he served as vice-president for the Frankfurt National Assembly. Gabriel Riesser died in Hamburg in 1863.

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Dr. Gabriel Riesser : Photograph of an etching by Chr. Hoffmeister after a painting by Professor Oppenheim, Leo Baeck Institute, F 789.