Correspondence with Katten, Max

Identifier
WL3000/9/1/754
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 110486
Dates
14 Mar 1957 - 25 Apr 1957
Level of Description
Collection
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Biographical History

Max Katten (1892 -1957) was a liberal German rabbi from Bamberg. During the November pogrom he was arrested and interned in Dachau concentration camp. Upon his release he and his family emigrated to London in 1939. Later he became a lecturer at the Leo Baeck Institute.

See Zajdband, A., German Rabbis in British Exile. From ‘Heimat’ to Unknown, Berlin/ Boston, de Gruyter, 2016.

Scope and Content

Correspondence regarding an enquiry by the Library for the whereabouts of Dr. Leopold Lucas, a German historian and rabbi. Contained is a note by rabbi C. E. Cassel on the passing of Katten.

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People

  • Katten, Max

Subjects

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