Leib Weissberg, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Leib Weissberg

Croatian rabbi

Date of Birth: 09-Jan-1893

Place of Birth: Probizhna, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1942

Profession: rabbi

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Leib Weissberg

  • Leib Weissberg (January 9, 1893 – 1942) was a Slavonski Brod rabbi who was killed during the Holocaust. Weissberg was born in Probuzna (then part of Austria-Hungary) to Jewish parents Seide and Ehaja (née Ringel) Weissberg.
  • He was married to Adela (née Taubes) Weissberg with whom he had two sons: Samuel (born on April 25, 1933 in Brod na Savi) and Saadia (born on December 28, 1936 in Slavonski Brod).
  • Weissberg was educated at the rabbinical seminary "Israelitisch-theologische Lehranstalt Vienna".
  • He didn't know any Croatian when he arrived in Brod with his wife, but he quickly learned it.
  • Weissberg was a rabbi of the Jewish Community Slavonski Brod until World War II.
  • His wife would often replace him at religious classes.
  • Weissberg and his family were deported to Jasenovac concentration camp where they all were killed in 1942.
  • Weissberg was the last rabbi of Slavonski Brod until this day.

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