Osk(c)ar Ewald, born Oskar Friedländer, or Friedländer Oszkár (11 November 1881, Búrszentgyörgy/ Sankt Georgen,

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(now Borský Svätý Jur,

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) – 25 September 1940, near

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) was a Hungarian-

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. His father was Moritz Friedländer, a liberal scholar of Judaism who worked with the Jewish community of the Kingdom of Hungary on matters including the expansion of education. Oskar himself would convert to

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and change his last name to Ewald.

Literary works

* ''Nietzsches Lehre in ihren Grundbegriffen'', 1903 * ''Gründe und Abgründe'', 1909 * ''Die Erweckung'', 1922 * ''Freidenkertum und Religion'', 1920

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* 1881 births 1940 deaths Austrian Jews Hungarian Jews Jewish philosophers Converts to Protestantism from Judaism Dachau concentration camp survivors People from Senica District 20th-century Austrian philosophers 20th-century Hungarian philosophers {{Hungary-philosopher-stub