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| Keywords: text circle round Rabbi Abraham (Leichtag) Wachsmann. Associate and justice of The Sacred Community of (Kehila Kedosha) Ujpest. Born in 1890 in Bánffyhunyadon in Romania, Rabbi Abraham Leichtag Wachsmann received his theological training in his father’s Yeshiva. He was a respected and prominent scholar serving in several Orthodox Jewish communities including the Ujpest section of Budapest in Hungary and Scheveningen in Holland and the Ujpest section of Budapest in Hungary. A book of his liturgical writings “Sefer Gey Chizayon” was printed in Romania in 1928. Along with his wife, Bressel Leicthag Wacshmann, and much of the Jewish population of Ujpest, he was deported by the Nazis in July 1944. The names of Rabbi Abrham Leichtag Wachsmann and Rabbanit Bressel Leichtag Wachsmann appear in the list of “Ujpest Martyrs” in the Yizkor book for Ujpest. This book stamp is a reminder of the life of scholarship Rabbi Leichtag Wachsmann pursued. This book stamp is from a book looted by the Nazis and sorted by Colonel Seymour Pomrenze, one of “the Monuments Men,” at the Offenbach Archival Depot. There are two scrapbooks of archival markings from the books sorted at the Offenbach Depot in the Seymour Pomrenze Collection held by the American Jewish Historical Society (Call number P-933) There is a finding aid for the collection here The digitized scrapbooks are available here and here. For more information on this project check the Center’s blog: 16thstreet.tumblr.com/tagged/Offenbach-Depot Dr. Mitch Fraas, Acting Director of the Digital Humanities Forum at the University of Pennsylvania Libraries' Special Collections Center is working on a similar project for the German book stamps based on NARA microfilm of the volumes the American Jewish Historical Society currently holds. See viewshare.org/views/mfraas/offenbach-bookplates/ The Center for Jewish History would like to acknowledge the following: The American Jewish Historical Society, who graciously allowed the use of their archival materials and digital content; Mitch Fraas, Acting Director of the Digital Humanities Forum at the University of Pennsylvania Libraries' Special Collections Center, for his data and technical assistance in this project; David Rosenberg, Senior Manager for Communications, and Melanie Meyers, Senior Reference Services Librarian for Special Collections, for managing and creating the digital map; as well as Reference Services Librarian Zachary Loeb and Reference Services Assistant Ilya Slavutskiy for their work on translating and mapping. For copyright information, click here Rabbi Abraham (Leichtag) Wachsmann. Associate and justice of The Sacred Community of (Kehila Kedosha) Ujpest. Born in 1890 in Bánffyhunyadon in Romania, Rabbi Abraham Leichtag Wachsmann received his theological training in his father’s Yeshiva. He was a respected and prominent scholar serving in several Orthodox Jewish communities including the Ujpest section of Budapest in Hungary and Scheveningen in Holland and the Ujpest section of Budapest in Hungary. A book of his liturgical writings “Sefer Gey Chizayon” was printed in Romania in 1928. Along with his wife, Bressel Leicthag Wacshmann, and much of the Jewish population of Ujpest, he was deported by the Nazis in July 1944. The names of Rabbi Abrham Leichtag Wachsmann and Rabbanit Bressel Leichtag Wachsmann appear in the list of “Ujpest Martyrs” in the Yizkor book for Ujpest. This book stamp is a reminder of the life of scholarship Rabbi Leichtag Wachsmann pursued. This book stamp is from a book looted by the Nazis and sorted by Colonel Seymour Pomrenze, one of “the Monuments Men,” at the Offenbach Archival Depot. There are two scrapbooks of archival markings from the books sorted at the Offenbach Depot in the Seymour Pomrenze Collection held by the American Jewish Historical Society (Call number P-933) There is a finding aid for the collection here The digitized scrapbooks are available here and here. For more information on this project check the Center’s blog: 16thstreet.tumblr.com/tagged/Offenbach-Depot Dr. Mitch Fraas, Acting Director of the Digital Humanities Forum at the University of Pennsylvania Libraries' Special Collections Center is working on a similar project for the German book stamps based on NARA microfilm of the volumes the American Jewish Historical Society currently holds. See viewshare.org/views/mfraas/offenbach-bookplates/ The Center for Jewish History would like to acknowledge the following: The American Jewish Historical Society, who graciously allowed the use of their archival materials and digital content; Mitch Fraas, Acting Director of the Digital Humanities Forum at the University of Pennsylvania Libraries' Special Collections Center, for his data and technical assistance in this project; David Rosenberg, Senior Manager for Communications, and Melanie Meyers, Senior Reference Services Librarian for Special Collections, for managing and creating the digital map; as well as Reference Services Librarian Zachary Loeb and Reference Services Assistant Ilya Slavutskiy for their work on translating and mapping. For copyright information, click here | ||||
