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 Phineas Büchler 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)
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Jewish Encyclopedia. 1901–1906.
Notes
- ↑ Frojimovics, Kinga; Komoróczy, Géza (1999). Jewish Budapest: Monuments, Rites, History. Central European University Press. p. 174. ISBN 978-963-9116-37-5.
- ↑ JewishEncyclopedia.com - BÜCHLER, ALEXANDER: at www.jewishencyclopedia.com
External links
- Magyar Életrajzi Lexikon 1000–1990 at www.mek.iif.hu (Hungarian)
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