Sándor Büchler
Alexander Büchler, or Bűchler Sándor (September 24, 1869 in Fülek (Fiľakovo), Kingdom of Hungary – July 1944, in Auschwitz[1]) was a Hungarian rabbi and educator.
He is a son of the Talmudist rabbi of Mór. He was educated at the gymnasium in Székesfehérvár and at the university and the seminary of Budapest; he received the degree of Ph.D. in 1893, and was ordained as rabbi in 1895. In 1897 he was called to Keszthely.
Literary works[]
Büchler's works include essays on the history of the Jews in Hungary, published in the "Magyar Zsidó Szemle" and the "Österreichische Wochenschrift", and the following books:
- "Niederlassungen der Juden in Europa im XVI. und XVII. Jahrhundert, mit Besonderer Rücksichtauf Ungarn", Budapest, 1893 (in Hungarian);
- "Schay Lamoreh", "Kolel Miktebe Ḥakme Yisrael", Budapest, 1895 (in Hebrew);
- "History of the Jews in Budapest", 1901 (in Hungarian)
References[]
Inline citations[]
- ^ Frojimovics, Kinga; Komoróczy, Géza (1999). Jewish Budapest: Monuments, Rites, History. Central European University Press. p. 174. ISBN 978-963-9116-37-5.
Sources referenced[]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Singer, Isidore; et al., eds. (1901–1906). The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. Missing or empty
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External links[]
- Magyar Életrajzi Lexikon 1000–1990 at www.mek.iif.hu (in Hungarian)
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- People from Fiľakovo
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- Hungarian people who died in Auschwitz concentration camp
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