Alexander Büchler (, ; 24 September 1869 in
Fülek (
Fiľakovo
Fiľakovo (; hu, Fülek, german: Fülleck, tr, Filek) is a town in the Banská Bystrica Region of south-central Slovakia. Historically it was located in Nógrád County, as part of the Nógrád, Novohrad, "Newcastle" region.
Geography
It is loc ...
),
Kingdom of Hungary
The Kingdom of Hungary was a monarchy in Central Europe that existed for nearly a millennium, from the Middle Ages into the 20th century. The Principality of Hungary emerged as a Christian kingdom upon the coronation of the first king Stephen ...
– July 1944 in
Auschwitz)
was a Hungarian
rabbi
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and educator.
He is a son of the
Talmudist
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rabbi Phineas Büchler of
Mór. He was educated at the
gymnasium in
Székesfehérvár and at the university and the seminary of
Budapest
Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population ...
; he received the degree of
Ph.D.
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in 1893, and was ordained as rabbi in 1895. In 1897 he was called to
Keszthely
Keszthely (; also known by other alternative names) is a Hungarian city of 20,895 inhabitants located on the western shore of Lake Balaton. It is the second largest city by the lake and one of the more important cultural, educational and economi ...
.
Literary works
Büchler's works include essays on the
history of the Jews in Hungary
The history of the Jews in Hungary dates back to at least the Kingdom of Hungary, with some records even predating the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin in 895 CE by over 600 years. Written sources prove that Jewish communities lived ...
, 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
Hebrew (; ; ) is a Northwest Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Historically, it is one of the spoken languages of the Israelites and their longest-surviving descendants, the Jews and Samaritans. It was largely preserved ...
);
* "''History of the Jews in Budapest''", 1901 (in Hungarian)
References
Inline citations
Sources referenced
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::By :
Isidore Singer
Isidore Singer (10 November 1859 – 20 February 1939) was an American encyclopedist and editor of ''The Jewish Encyclopedia'' and founder of the American League for the Rights of Man.
Biography
Singer was born in 1859 in Weisskirchen, M ...
&
Ludwig VenetianerJewishEncyclopedia.com - BÜCHLER, ALEXANDERat www.jewishencyclopedia.com
External links
at www.mek.iif.hu
1869 births
1944 deaths
People from Fiľakovo
Hungarian rabbis
Hungarian people who died in Auschwitz concentration camp
Jewish educators
Hungarian educators
Hungarian civilians killed in World War II
Hungarian Jews who died in the Holocaust
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