Isaac Schneersohn, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Isaac Schneersohn

French rabbi and resistance member

Date of Birth: 14-Mar-1881

Place of Birth: Kamianets-Podilskyi, Khmelnytsky Oblast, Ukraine

Date of Death: 24-Jun-1969

Profession: rabbi, archivist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Isaac Schneersohn (1879 or 1881–1969) was a French rabbi, industrialist, and the founder of the first Holocaust Archives and Memorial.
He emigrated from Ukraine to France after the First World War. In 1943 while under Italian wartime occupation, Schneersohn founded a documentation center at his home in Grenoble with representatives from 40 Jewish organizations.
The center moved to Paris at Liberation and became the Center of Contemporary Jewish Documentation.
Schneersohn remained President of the CDJC and editor of its Revue until his death in 1969.