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Born in Pressburg, Austria-Hungary (now Bratislava, Czechoslovakia) on January 30, 1871, Arnold (also known as Aron) 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. He served as rabbi in Hohenems and Meran, Austria, and in Göppingen, where he died on March 19, 1937.

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Rabbi Arnold Taenzer with soldiers after Passover Seder in Pinsk, Belarus, Leo Baeck Institute, F 55526e.