אדלשטיין, יעקב

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Also known as (4 names)

–: Edelstein, Jacob · Edelstein, Jakob · Jakob Edelstein · Yaakov Edelshtain

Born: 1903
Place of birth (as recorded): Horodenka (Oblast Iwano-Frankiwsk)
Died: 1944
Place of death: Oświęcim
Place of death (as recorded): Auschwitz

(1903–1944), Czech Zionist leader, known as the “Elder of the Jews” in Terezín (Theresienstadt). Jakob Edelstein was born in Gorodenka, Galicia. When the town was occupied by the Russian army during World War I, his family escaped to Brno (Brünn) in Moravia. After the war, Edelstein graduated from a business school in Brno and worked as a traveling salesman in Teplice (Teplitz), northern Bohemia.

Tschech. Zionist, "Judenältester" im Konzentrationslager Theresienstadt; Direktor des Palästina-Büros in Prag

Tschechoslowakischer Jurist, Verbandsfunktionär und Zionist und von 1933 bis zum 4. Dezember 1941 Leiter des Palästinaamtes in Prag. Im Konzentrationslager Theresienstadt war er der erste Judenälteste.

Identifiers

GND: 118969587
Library of Congress: n87920486 id · n87920486 id
VIAF: 97789304 · 97789304
Wikidata: Q327961
de.wikipedia.org: Jakob_Edelstein de
en.wikipedia.org: Jakob_Edelstein en
isni.org: 0000000078617845
kalliope-verbund.info: 118969587
www.filmportal.de: C6B14C7AB3DB4813B431FEFABF9EF862

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אדלשטיין, יעקב

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birth date: 1903
normalised birth date: 1903
death date: 1944
normalised death date: 1944
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skos:note: בן מוטל.
preferred label: Edelstein, Jacob
preferred label: אדלשטיין, יעקב @he
foaf:gender: male

Jacob Edelstein

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gnd identifier: 118969587
birth date: 1903
normalised birth date: 1903
birth location: Horodenka (Oblast Iwano-Frankiwsk)
death date: 1944
normalised death date: 1944
death location: Auschwitz
death location URI: Oświęcim
has abstract: Tschech. Zionist, "Judenältester" im Konzentrationslager Theresienstadt; Direktor des Palästina-Büros in Prag @de
alternative label: Jakob Edelstein
alternative label: Yaakov Edelshtain
preferred label: Jacob Edelstein

Jacob Edelstein

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gnd identifier: 118969587
birth date: 1903
normalised birth date: 1903
birth location: Gorodenka
death date: 1944
normalised death date: 1944
death location: Oświe̜cim
described at: https://schluesseldokumente.net/person/gnd/118969587.jsonld
has abstract: Tschechoslowakischer Jurist, Verbandsfunktionär und Zionist und von 1933 bis zum 4. Dezember 1941 Leiter des Palästinaamtes in Prag. Im Konzentrationslager Theresienstadt war er der erste Judenälteste.
created: 2025-03-21T14:06:40.161876
preferred label: Jacob Edelstein
foaf:name: Jacob Edelstein

Edelstein, Jakob

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described at: https://yivoencyclopedia.org/article.aspx/Edelstein_Jakob
has abstract: (1903–1944), Czech Zionist leader, known as the “Elder of the Jews” in Terezín (Theresienstadt). Jakob Edelstein was born in Gorodenka, Galicia. When the town was occupied by the Russian army during World War I, his family escaped to Brno (Brünn) in Moravia. After the war, Edelstein graduated from a business school in Brno and worked as a traveling salesman in Teplice (Teplitz), northern Bohemia. @en
title: Edelstein, Jakob
alternative label: Jakob Edelstein
preferred label: Edelstein, Jakob
has related: Brno
has related: Galicia
has related: About this Article (Poland)
has related: Prague
has related: Shomer ha-Tsa‘ir, Ha-
has related: Terezín
has related: Weidmann, František
has related: Zionism and Zionist Parties

History

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