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    Title

  • Rabbi Arnold Tänzer : military portrait

  • Physical Description

    1 photograph : black-and-white

  • Date

    undated

  • Place of Publication

    [Berlin]

  • Summary

    Printed caption: Rabbi A. Tänzer (1871-1937) as Jewish chaplain of the German Army in World War I. Note the identifying Magen David and the war medals, including the Iron Cross First Class and the Austrian Franz Joseph Medal.

  • Depicted

    Tänzer, Aron, 1871-1937

  • Subject

    Chaplains, World war, 1914-1918; Portraits, Military; Rabbis; World War, 1914-1918, Jews

  • Genre

    Photographs

  • Part Of

    Arnold Taenzer Collection, AR 485

  • Accession Number

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Biographical/Historical Information

Aron (Arnold) Tänzer was born in Pressburg, Hungary (Bratislava, Slovakia) in 1871, son of Heinrich and Marie Tänzer née Schlesinger. He began religious studies at a very early age and attended school in Pressburg. In 1885, he continued his education at the rabbinical college in Pressburg before completing his academic studies at universities in Berlin and Bern. After receiving his PhD in 1895, he spent the following year traveling. From 1896 to 1905, Tänzer was rabbi in the town of Hohenems in Austria, before serving as rabbi in Merano in South Tyrol for two more years. In September 1907, he became rabbi of Göppingen in Baden-Württemberg, where he became increasingly interested in advocating the establishment and support of a public library for the city. He assisted in the creation and development of this institution, which was established in 1911, and Tänzer assisted in its administration. In 1914, Tänzer volunteered for military service and was assigned to the position of a chaplain (Armeerabbiner), earning several awards, including the Iron Cross Second Class. In November 1918, he was sent home because of illness and was released from his position on January 20, 1919. In 1924, he changed his first name to Arnold. In 1933, he was dismissed from the Göppingen War Veterans' Association (Veteranen- und Militär- Verein "Kampfgenossenschaft Göppingen”) for being a “Non-Aryan”. Arnold Tänzer died 1937 in Göppingen at the age of 66.

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Citation

Rabbi Arnold Tänzer : military portrait, Leo Baeck Institute, F 3442.