Leib Weissberg (January 9, 1893 – 1942) was a

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who was killed during the

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. Weissberg was born in Probużna (then part of

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) to

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parents Seide and Ehaja (née Ringel) Weissberg. He was married to Adela (née Taubes) Weissberg with whom he had two sons: Samuel (born on April 25, 1933, in

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) and Saadia (born on December 28, 1936, in Slavonski Brod). Weissberg was educated at the rabbinical seminary "Israelitisch-theologische Lehranstalt

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". He didn't know any Croatian when he arrived in Brod with his wife, but he quickly learned it. Weissberg was a rabbi of the Jewish Community of Slavonski Brod until

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. His wife would often replace him at religious classes. Weissberg and his family were deported to

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where they all were killed in 1942. Weissberg was the last rabbi of Slavonski Brod until this day.

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