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    Title

  • [Rabbi Aron Tänzer and the board members of the Jüdische Volksküche in Biala, Poland]

  • Physical Description

    1 photograph : black-and-white ; 20 x 29 cm

  • Date

    circa 1916

  • Place of Publication

    [Biała, Poland]

  • Notes

    Inscription in German in Hebrew letters (not Yiddish).

  • Summary

    Group of people including Rabbi Aron (Arnold) Tänzer and the board members in front of the Jewish soup kitchen on a winterday in Bielsko-Biała (Poland).

  • Depicted

    Tänzer, Aron, 1871-1937

  • Subject

    Portraits, Groups; Rabbis

  • Place

    Bielsko-Biała (Poland)

  • Genre

    Photographs

  • Part Of

    Arnold Taenzer Collection, AR 485

  • Accession Number

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Biographical/Historical Information

Born in Pressburg, Austria-Hungary (now Bratislava, Czechoslovakia) on January 30, 1871, Aron (also known as Arnold) Tänzer received his doctorate at the University of Berlin. He was an army chaplain during World War I and established kitchens in Poland for the Jewish population.

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Citation

[Rabbi Aron Tänzer and the board members of the Jüdische Volksküche in Biala, Poland], Leo Baeck Institute, F 55526d.