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Born in Jarotschin (Jarocin, Poland) on October 14, 1829, Eduard Lasker studied law in Breslau and participated in the revolution of 1848. He became an associate judge in Berlin in 1856, a member of the Prussian Landtag in 1865, and, in 1870, of the Reichstag. One of Germany's leading liberal politicians, his early support for Bismarck changed to increasingly vehement opposition. He remained active in Jewish affairs, and while in the Prussian Landtag, he was the sponsor of legislation allowing the ultra-Orthodox to secede from the Jewish community and form their own congregations. He died in New York City on January 5, 1884.
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Eduard Lasker, Leo Baeck Institute, F 3873.