Hermann Jellinek (22 January 1822 in Drslavice – 23 November 1848 in

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) was a writer, journalist, and revolutionary from a prominent Austrian Jewish family. His older brother

Adolf Jellinek Adolf Jellinek ( he, אהרן ילינק ''Aharon Jelinek''; 26 June 1821 in Drslavice, Moravia – 28 December 1893 in Vienna) was an Austrian rabbi and scholar. After filling clerical posts in Leipzig (1845–1856), he became a preacher at t ...

was one of Austria-Hungary's leading rabbis and writers.

Life

He left home at 13 to study at university and gained a doctorate in philosophy from

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, where he was later expelled. During his education, he abandoned plans to become a rabbi, and became an atheist and liberal radical. Afterward, he moved to Berlin, but was expelled there too for his political activities, and arrived in Vienna in March 1848. In Vienna, Jellinek supported the liberal and anti-Hapsburg revolutionary movements as a journalist. Following the violent repression of the October 1848

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, Jellinek ignored the advice of friends to flee. He was soon captured and executed by the Hapsburg military.

References

1822 births 1848 deaths Austrian Jews Leipzig University alumni People executed for treason against Austria-Hungary 19th-century executions by Austria People from Uherské Hradiště District Executed revolutionaries People of the Revolutions of 1848 {{Judaism-bio-stub